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<blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 7672465" data-attributes="member: 5100">And this is why I periodically rail about the FR-centric nature of 5E, so far. The D&amp;D &quot;brand&quot; is a non-specific fantasy table-top game explicitly lacking any hardwired connection to any specific setting and open to rampant reskinning for each group's table. I don't care what anyone at WotC says or wants -- it's impossible to &quot;grow&quot; the D&amp;D brand without destroying its current identity. Settings, like Forgotten Realms, Eberron, or Dragonlance can have brands that span multiple media. I think the apparent confusion between D&amp;D's brand and affiliated brands (the Realms) is potentially the biggest current threat to the long-term viability of both.Take the Fate RPG. It wasn't created to play the Dresden Files. Dresden Files is a setting that has an RPG using the Fate mechanics. Trying to use Dresden to promote Fate might have some limited success, but it'd be incompetent to mix up your marketing too badly. No one in their right mind would try to place the Fate logo on the novels prominently (if at all). Yeah, I realize it's not quite apples to apples, but it's not incredibly far off. Wizards would be well served to adjust their perspective a bit on their IP.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercule, post: 7672465, member: 5100"] And this is why I periodically rail about the FR-centric nature of 5E, so far. The D&D "brand" is a non-specific fantasy [U]table-top[/U] game explicitly lacking any hardwired connection to any specific setting and open to rampant reskinning for each group's table. I don't care what anyone at WotC says or wants -- it's impossible to "grow" the D&D brand without destroying its current identity. [U]Settings[/U], like Forgotten Realms, Eberron, or Dragonlance can have brands that span multiple media. I think the apparent confusion between D&D's brand and affiliated brands (the Realms) is potentially the biggest current threat to the long-term viability of both. Take the Fate RPG. It wasn't created to play the Dresden Files. Dresden Files is a setting that has an RPG using the Fate mechanics. Trying to use Dresden to promote Fate might have some limited success, but it'd be incompetent to mix up your marketing too badly. No one in their right mind would try to place the Fate logo on the novels prominently (if at all). Yeah, I realize it's not quite apples to apples, but it's not incredibly far off. Wizards would be well served to adjust their perspective a bit on their IP. [/QUOTE]

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