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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 6097285" data-attributes="member: 82106">Well, Mike has said flat out in no uncertain terms there will be no modules with alternate class mechanics. For instance nothing like a different magic system or AEDU fighters or something like that, period. The modules WotC is providing AFAIK from careful reading and study of everything that has been said and not trying to be overly pedantic or idiotic about how I read it, that much like 2e there will be a series of parts of the game, modules, which will be optional. They will be organized into a Basic (IE all the non-optional parts), a Standard (some optional parts), and an Advanced game (all the optional parts). Obviously individual tables will probably not stick EXACTLY to one of these 3 games, you are expected to say play Basic and maybe add in some specific modules you like. NEVER has WotC ever suggested that they will provide more than one alternative, such as 2 skill systems, etc. to pick from. This new L&L seems to be saying that the focus is not going to be on producing tons of products full of rules. Now, given that ANY supplement is always optional one would kinda have to consider supplements to be "books full of modules" (at least the crunch part, if there is any). I don't rule out the possibility that SOME DAY WotC might decide to make alternative modules, but given the "low crunch" statement and the previous "modules aren't choices of alternate systems" statements, and given the characteristics of DDN as it is now... Yeah, basically I am not getting my preferred play style of out it. I know people are going to tell me to wait and see, and I won't refuse to look at it of course, but are you all going to dredge this back up in 18 months when its dead on? Probably not. So color me EXTREMELY skeptical and IMHO entirely warranted in that skepticism. It isn't a matter of if a compromise is possible or not. WotC WILL NOT PROVIDE US BOTH WITH WHAT WE WANT. No doubt they would be happy to, but either they fail to even vaguely understand what I want, even after I and others told them again and again, or they simply don't really believe their own rhetoric, or they are just in such a disasterously bad position that all they can do is throw some portion of the fan base a life-preserver game and the talk of a 'big tent' was a fond wish. I have no idea which of these, or something else, is the case. I just know what's happening.</blockquote>

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