Warbringer
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Biggest incentive to not publish 4e....
... don't screw with mini sales; the most successful D+D product ever sold
... don't screw with mini sales; the most successful D+D product ever sold
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Dragonbait
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Warbringer said:
So we make it a miniature game, where feats, NPCs, spells, and monsters and abilities are purchased in packs of cards, which are randomly assorted of course. Perhaps get rid of those silly dice, and reduce the stats to a random card too. It will be the best selling game EVER
MavrickWeirdo
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philreed said:
Railroad the players
(and we all know how they love that
)I personally think the "Having a New adventure path for 4E" plan would be a smarter move.
MavrickWeirdo
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I can't see how changing the ruleset would impact the minis. Even if you compleatly changed monster stats, A hobgoblin is still a hobgoblin.Warbringer said:
delericho
Legend
alan said:
Actually, the first Shackled City adventures used a pre-release version of the 3.5e rules. In fact, there were many news items on here (or was it Eric Noah's site back then?) about new things we learned about 3.5 based on those adventures.
Sadly, after 3.5 was published, it became apparent that some of the rules used weren't quite right, and so needed cleaned up for the hardcover.
delericho
Legend
philreed said:
Suck?
Seriously, knowing how popular the Adventure Paths are in Dungeon, and knowing that when 4e hit people will be crying out for good adventures to run with it, both Paizo and Wizards of the Coast must know the value of having Dungeon start a new Adventure Path in the month that 4e hits. Doing so gets people playing with the new rules immediately, builds community, sells lots of shiny new core books and subscriptions to the magazine, and generally is a win-win situation for everyone.
Since Paizo work quite closely with Wizards for approvals, it makes sense that the Wizards guy, having been presented with the idea for APx, and knowing that 4e is going to hit in the next 18 months, would say to Paizo 'wait'. They don't even need to qualify that with a reason, and when the make the announcement the reason becomes clear.
Basically, if I were in charge of matters at those companies, I would try very hard to make sure Paizo didn't have an AP running for 6 months or so before 4e hit, and then have them start one immediately afterwards. Of course, I'm assuming that the communication lines within and between the two companies are sufficiently clear to allow that sort of coordination.
Ebony Dragon
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There wont be a 4e coming out in 2006. Too many 3.5 books are slated for release later this year still.
Late in 2007? Its possible, but I hope not.
2008? I think its very likely we will see 4e sometime in 2008.
Late in 2007? Its possible, but I hope not.
2008? I think its very likely we will see 4e sometime in 2008.
I wonder if the profusion of alternative/variant rule system (PHBII, Tome of Magic, complete mage...) could be related to the old skill and power release, who could have been labeled 2.5. It looks like wizards test a lot of new ideas and concept, and will let them "float" around so that they can build the next improved edition with it.
Plus, it will ease the transition, because people will be accustomed to the new rules, somewhat.
Plus, it will ease the transition, because people will be accustomed to the new rules, somewhat.
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