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<blockquote data-quote="r_jk" data-source="post: 3482812" data-attributes="member: 51779">Here is a quote from the interview,&quot;Our creative team features the top talent in the industry, including Rich Baker, Logan Bonner, Bart Carroll, Michele Carter, Jennifer Clarke Wilkes, Andy Collins, Bruce Cordell, Rob Heinsoo, Gwen Kestrel, Mike Mearls, Kim Mohan, Dave Noonan, Steve Schubert, Matt Sernett, Chris Sims, Chris Thomasson, Rodney Thompson, Rob Watkins, Steve Winter, and James Wyatt.&quot;Some of these people I recognize, but most I don't.&nbsp; I have purchased a good amount of WotC D&amp;D products since the release of 3E, none of which left me overly impressed.&nbsp; I will say, that in my opinion, for the money, nothing before or since has held a candle to late '90's Forgotten Realms products written by Dale Donovan and Steven Schend.&nbsp; It seems to me that with 3E and beyond, wizards got rid of or had good writers leave when the format of their products changed to the less fluff material to make way for the crunchy pre-generated stuff.&nbsp; With new writers cropping up more frequently, (which may or may effect product quality) and poor business decisions, is it quite possible that the D&amp;D brand will continue to decline?&nbsp; I think so.&nbsp; Printed products have become shorter and more expensive with the amount of usable material in even shorter supply.&nbsp; So no matter what format their content takes, if it isn't quality, what difference does it make.&nbsp; Does anyone know what happened to Dale Donovan and Steven Schend?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="r_jk, post: 3482812, member: 51779"] Here is a quote from the interview, "Our creative team features the top talent in the industry, including Rich Baker, Logan Bonner, Bart Carroll, Michele Carter, Jennifer Clarke Wilkes, Andy Collins, Bruce Cordell, Rob Heinsoo, Gwen Kestrel, Mike Mearls, Kim Mohan, Dave Noonan, Steve Schubert, Matt Sernett, Chris Sims, Chris Thomasson, Rodney Thompson, Rob Watkins, Steve Winter, and James Wyatt." Some of these people I recognize, but most I don't. I have purchased a good amount of WotC D&D products since the release of 3E, none of which left me overly impressed. I will say, that in my opinion, for the money, nothing before or since has held a candle to late '90's Forgotten Realms products written by Dale Donovan and Steven Schend. It seems to me that with 3E and beyond, wizards got rid of or had good writers leave when the format of their products changed to the less fluff material to make way for the crunchy pre-generated stuff. With new writers cropping up more frequently, (which may or may effect product quality) and poor business decisions, is it quite possible that the D&D brand will continue to decline? I think so. Printed products have become shorter and more expensive with the amount of usable material in even shorter supply. So no matter what format their content takes, if it isn't quality, what difference does it make. Does anyone know what happened to Dale Donovan and Steven Schend? [/QUOTE]

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