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<blockquote data-quote="Libramarian" data-source="post: 6095695" data-attributes="member: 6688858">I don't think &quot;put our emphasis on story&quot; means they're planning to publish a lot of expensive settings and adventures.What might be going on is they're setting their sights really low for profits from the actual RPG, maybe even considering it a sort of loss leader for the boardgames/novels/videogames/etc. Under this interpretation what &quot;emphasis on story&quot; means is they don't want to spend much money on crunchy stuff that is unique to the RPG and doesn't translate to other expressions of the brand. (you don't see Drizzt saying &quot;I use Twin Strike!!&quot;)I don't mind that idea. I'm not into the splat treadmill and if the system is simple enough then 3pps can produce settings/adventures regardless of what happens on the OGL/licensing front. I've noticed that some OSR publishers don't bother using the OGL anymore.I wouldn't mind them saying something like &quot;if you only really like&nbsp; one edition of the game, then 5e is unlikely to be better for you than&nbsp; that one edition&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Libramarian, post: 6095695, member: 6688858"] I don't think "put our emphasis on story" means they're planning to publish a lot of expensive settings and adventures. What might be going on is they're setting their sights really low for profits from the actual RPG, maybe even considering it a sort of loss leader for the boardgames/novels/videogames/etc. Under this interpretation what "emphasis on story" means is they don't want to spend much money on crunchy stuff that is unique to the RPG and doesn't translate to other expressions of the brand. (you don't see Drizzt saying "I use Twin Strike!!") I don't mind that idea. I'm not into the splat treadmill and if the system is simple enough then 3pps can produce settings/adventures regardless of what happens on the OGL/licensing front. I've noticed that some OSR publishers don't bother using the OGL anymore. I wouldn't mind them saying something like "if you only really like one edition of the game, then 5e is unlikely to be better for you than that one edition" [/QUOTE]

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