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<blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 5612892" data-attributes="member: 11760">A core game with simple rules and then extra packs with optional rules, monsters, classes, spells, and so on, each to cater to a different flavor.Not hard to do, and it'd be a great unification product that would be a great way to drive product -- Ravenloft would not only be a campaign setting, but it'd have a ton of new monsters, maybe rules for playing as certain types, and rules for horror, madness and ritual magic. The Dark Sun line would be the home of the psionics rules, which could be used anywhere, but which they'd hope would entice you into picking up other Dark Sun products after grabbing the psionics book.I'd add to the traditional settings a kid-friendly fairy tale/Oz/Narnia inspired book (because D&amp;D needs official rules for player character talking animals, damn it), a steampunk/Victorian magic Falkenstein clone, a modern urban fantasy and maybe a Harry Potter-flavored modern magic high fantasy.Everyone works off the same D20-but-not core, and bolts on the options they want. Or, if they want to make WotC really happy, buy it all and mix and match the rules, monsters, spells and so on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Whizbang Dustyboots, post: 5612892, member: 11760"] A core game with simple rules and then extra packs with optional rules, monsters, classes, spells, and so on, each to cater to a different flavor. Not hard to do, and it'd be a great unification product that would be a great way to drive product -- Ravenloft would not only be a campaign setting, but it'd have a ton of new monsters, maybe rules for playing as certain types, and rules for horror, madness and ritual magic. The Dark Sun line would be the home of the psionics rules, which could be used anywhere, but which they'd hope would entice you into picking up other Dark Sun products after grabbing the psionics book. I'd add to the traditional settings a kid-friendly fairy tale/Oz/Narnia inspired book (because D&D needs official rules for player character talking animals, damn it), a steampunk/Victorian magic Falkenstein clone, a modern urban fantasy and maybe a Harry Potter-flavored modern magic high fantasy. Everyone works off the same D20-but-not core, and bolts on the options they want. Or, if they want to make WotC really happy, buy it all and mix and match the rules, monsters, spells and so on. [/QUOTE]

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