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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 6095462" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>i think the company producing D&amp;D should be creating the majority of its flavor material. I got so tired of the splat treadmill in 3E and having to go to lower quality third party material for stuff like modules and GM material. Mechanics are not important, but I think flavor matters a lot too. When I look at the complete 2E books versus the compelete 3E books there is no contest on which line added more to my campaign in terms of detail, inspiration and setting content. The 3E books just gave me more feats and prestige classes, with very little substance of flavor. The 2E books were bursting with flavor. The best books ever produced in my opinion were the Van Richten books and wotc made nothing that approached them in my opinion, not because they lacked the talent (they had some of the most talented people working for them) but because they become so focused on mechanics over flavor. You just wouldn't see something like that from WoTC. The Van Richten books basically showed me a whole new way to approach the game as a GM. They were a revelation. That is what I want from a supplement line.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 6095462, member: 85555"] i think the company producing D&D should be creating the majority of its flavor material. I got so tired of the splat treadmill in 3E and having to go to lower quality third party material for stuff like modules and GM material. Mechanics are not important, but I think flavor matters a lot too. When I look at the complete 2E books versus the compelete 3E books there is no contest on which line added more to my campaign in terms of detail, inspiration and setting content. The 3E books just gave me more feats and prestige classes, with very little substance of flavor. The 2E books were bursting with flavor. The best books ever produced in my opinion were the Van Richten books and wotc made nothing that approached them in my opinion, not because they lacked the talent (they had some of the most talented people working for them) but because they become so focused on mechanics over flavor. You just wouldn't see something like that from WoTC. The Van Richten books basically showed me a whole new way to approach the game as a GM. They were a revelation. That is what I want from a supplement line. [/QUOTE]

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