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<blockquote data-quote="Rygar" data-source="post: 6309613" data-attributes="member: 6756765">Actually,&nbsp; it's very possible that Dragonlance novels outsold FR.&nbsp; RA looks like he was involved with about 39 FR novels,&nbsp; and Wikipedia indicates FR had about 70.&nbsp; So RA's numbers should account for at least 50% of the sales if not more,&nbsp; so there's a very good chance FR is sitting at only 20 million-ish.&nbsp; Given,&nbsp; this is very rough math,&nbsp; it does indicate the possibility that FR hasn't caught up with DL yet.The only reason FR is still selling and Dragonlance isn't is because the rules that caused the creation of 4th edition also caused WOTC to be unable to claim Dragonlance novels as part of D&amp;D's revenue because they didn't directly support a setting's adventure storyline.&nbsp; At least that's what insiders stated years ago when the line was cut.&nbsp; I believe both the Dark Disciple series and Taladas series made best seller lists,&nbsp; but I'll have to go research that.Making FR default is dangerous,&nbsp; there very well could be backlash.&nbsp; Without any other settings on the horizon,&nbsp; making FR the default means that if you weren't a FR person you're on your own.&nbsp; That could cause people who might've bought in to wait for more settings,&nbsp; or it could cause major disparity between Core book sales and adventures,&nbsp; or even worse it could cause rejection of 5th edition as a whole due to the belief that all adventure and accessory material will be designed around FR.&nbsp; Of course,&nbsp; it could also turn out that it doesn't matter,&nbsp; I guess we'll have to wait until next year to find out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rygar, post: 6309613, member: 6756765"] Actually, it's very possible that Dragonlance novels outsold FR. RA looks like he was involved with about 39 FR novels, and Wikipedia indicates FR had about 70. So RA's numbers should account for at least 50% of the sales if not more, so there's a very good chance FR is sitting at only 20 million-ish. Given, this is very rough math, it does indicate the possibility that FR hasn't caught up with DL yet. The only reason FR is still selling and Dragonlance isn't is because the rules that caused the creation of 4th edition also caused WOTC to be unable to claim Dragonlance novels as part of D&D's revenue because they didn't directly support a setting's adventure storyline. At least that's what insiders stated years ago when the line was cut. I believe both the Dark Disciple series and Taladas series made best seller lists, but I'll have to go research that. Making FR default is dangerous, there very well could be backlash. Without any other settings on the horizon, making FR the default means that if you weren't a FR person you're on your own. That could cause people who might've bought in to wait for more settings, or it could cause major disparity between Core book sales and adventures, or even worse it could cause rejection of 5th edition as a whole due to the belief that all adventure and accessory material will be designed around FR. Of course, it could also turn out that it doesn't matter, I guess we'll have to wait until next year to find out. [/QUOTE]

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