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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 6544195" data-attributes="member: 22424">In theory, that's how it should work regardless of whether WotC put out 50 supplements or third-party publishers do - people who don't want the rules should be able to ignore books they don't personally want whether they say &quot;D&amp;D&quot; on the cover or not. To an extent, 'bloat' is an artificial problem, since people should really be able to just ignore it.I'm inclined to think that a better solution to the problem is represented by the DDI - the use of an electronic database should help organise the material for easier reference, such that you don't then have seven 'books' to reference to create your character, just one database.(The way I would do such a thing at would probably be to set it up now and then add a monthly packet that represents about a third of a sourcebook. That way, there's an ongoing stream of new material to attract subscribers. And once the stream of material runs dry they'd have a fully-populated database that would be worth maintaining a subscription to.)Which might represent the best of all worlds: Basic D&amp;D for those who want a stripped down experience, the PHB/DMG/MM for those who want the 'full' game but don't want bloat, and then the DDI Compendium for those who want everything.They'd probably have to do the DDI instead of crunch-heavy supplements, right enough, because otherwise they'd be competing against themselves, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. And in print it would allow them to concentrate on their stories, safe in the knowledge that they're getting ~40k subscriptions each month at $6 each (ish).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 6544195, member: 22424"] In theory, that's how it should work regardless of whether WotC put out 50 supplements or third-party publishers do - people who don't want the rules should be able to ignore books they don't personally want whether they say "D&D" on the cover or not. To an extent, 'bloat' is an artificial problem, since people should really be able to just ignore it. I'm inclined to think that a better solution to the problem is represented by the DDI - the use of an electronic database should help organise the material for easier reference, such that you don't then have seven 'books' to reference to create your character, just one database. (The way I would do such a thing at would probably be to set it up now and then add a monthly packet that represents about a third of a sourcebook. That way, there's an ongoing stream of new material to attract subscribers. And once the stream of material runs dry they'd have a fully-populated database that would be worth maintaining a subscription to.) Which might represent the best of all worlds: Basic D&D for those who want a stripped down experience, the PHB/DMG/MM for those who want the 'full' game but don't want bloat, and then the DDI Compendium for those who want [i]everything[/i]. They'd probably have to do the DDI [i]instead[/i] of crunch-heavy supplements, right enough, because otherwise they'd be competing against themselves, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. And in print it would allow them to concentrate on their stories, safe in the knowledge that they're getting ~40k subscriptions each month at $6 each (ish). [/QUOTE]

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