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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arthnek" data-source="post: 3788413" data-attributes="member: 55333">I am interested in the virtual table top.  I think it would be smart if they allowed an option where third party vendors could create genre skin packs for the monsters and characters in the game.  Since I like to play a fair amount of pulp action and adventure along with my AD&D I would like to have a pulp character selection to play on the virtual table top but, of course, this is not going to happen.I will subscribe initially to see if I can use the virtual table top to run my own games for friends living in different regions of the country and around the world.  This is mainly because the wizards virtual table top with all its cool 3d models and lighting kicks the snot out of the character chip 2d game tables currently available.I am interested in the 4e books largely out of wondering what the license will be like and whether I can write material for them as an indee writer.I am not very interested in converting my own AD&D campaign over to 4e.  Outside of buying books as tools and references as a writer I am not likely to invest the money I did on any scale like what I did with the 3.5 books (of which I own a great many).From what I am seeing on this thread and in other places it looks like rather than growing the brand and increasing market share by creating a buzz about a great game that WotC may be faced with an unfortunate drop off in sales as a result of this move.I will be sad if that happens.  I feel that WotC has contributed a lot towards creating an environment where a ton of wonderful fantastic artwork was created and a venue for fantasy writers of all sorts over the years with 3.5.   I am concerned that the company might need a 20% boost in game sales but will instead experience a loss of perhaps 10%, maybe even 20% or 30% of their long term / core customer base.  In an industry where the margins are already razor thin this might be a real financial problem for the brand.It will be interesting to see if 4e financially harms rather than helps the D&D brand whether WotC will open up the license further for indee publishers or will sell the IP off completely to a different company.Who knows.  Maybe the additional income from the digital initiative will greatly bolster the brand so that the loss of a chunk of customer base out of the hard copy market will not be missed.</blockquote>

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