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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7666625" data-attributes="member: 37579">I imagine the Nentir Vale Gazetteer would have been a slightly expanded version of the information from the DMG along with Keep on the Shadowfell, cancelled when Essentials was not a huge hit and the realized that reprinting content from previous books in a new format might not go over well (as seen by the cancellation of Class Compendium: Heroes of Sword and Spell that was just a handful of classes from the PHB1). In retrospect, Essentials seemed to be the last ditch attempt to save 4e after sales dipped. When that didn't go over well, they cancelled books and started work on 5e. With that in mind, it makes sense that they might have been kicking around ideas for 5e in the event Essentials did fail. That just seems logical: hope for the success of the product line, but prepare for the worst. And it makes sense that while retooling the edition for a minor revision that they would be considering what worked and what didn't and thinking about what comes next.</blockquote>