Monster Manual 2 Survey

[Rechan]

Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Monster Manual 2 Survey)

Among the questions, there's one that deals with flavor text in the MM2, namely 'is it too much, too little, just right'.

For those unhappy with the flavor, here's the opportunity to make your numbers recognizable.

 

[S'mon]

Thanks, I gave them my input.

 

[Nikosandros]

Thanks, I gave them my input.

So have I.

It's an extremely minor point, but I wonder why they keep lumping OD&D, BD&D and AD&D 1e in their polls, while 2e is considered a whole different beast. I realize that that's not the point of the poll, but still it has made me curious ever since I first saw this in a WotC survey...

 

[Dice4Hire]

I gave them my answers.

Overall a good poll. Focused on MM2, or actually MM3 I strongly suspect.

I liked MM2 a lot and I hope MM3 is the same. I intend to buy MM3 also, but probably not any further ones after Dark Sun.

 

[fba827]

So have I.

It's an extremely minor point, but I wonder why they keep lumping OD&D, BD&D and AD&D 1e in their polls, while 2e is considered a whole different beast. I realize that that's not the point of the poll, but still it has made me curious ever since I first saw this in a WotC survey...

Purely a guess, but perhaps not to confuse the uninformed. You see edition numbers, you expect them to go from 1 to whatever (with possible decimal numbers in between). You start tossing in OD&D and BD&D and AD&D and you'll have people who never heard of the edition history going "I have no idea, should I check it or not?" or "wow this is getting more technical than i know about" - and if someone is too confused by an early question there is an increased chance they may not finish the poll. Again, this is all just a guess.

 

[avin]

I said: more fluff or no cash for ya.

 

[fba827]

personally, i like minimal fluff (for inspiration) but I end up reskinning 75% of creatures to keep things fresh (with a hint of flavor from the original fluff).

 

[Starfox]

From their perspective, the editions could probably be titled "old", "venerable", "ancient" with no regard to their actual content - I think they just want to know how much of a grognard you are. In this view, there is an event horizon at 1ed - beyond that point, they just don't care any more.

I also suspect the current WotC generation started with either 1ed or 2ed and really don't know the difference between the older games - not many people do.

 

[Nikosandros]

From their perspective, the editions could probably be titled "old", "venerable", "ancient" with no regard to their actual content - I think they just want to know how much of a grognard you are. In this view, there is an event horizon at 1ed - beyond that point, they just don't care any more.

I also suspect the current WotC generation started with either 1ed or 2ed and really don't know the difference between the older games - not many people do.

I agree that they don't really care about distinguishing among "grognards", but I'm fairly certain that a lot of the folks at WotC (at least among designers and developers) do know quite a bit about the history of D&D. Bill Slavicsek and Chris Perkins have been around for quite awhile and Mike Mearls had an OD&D campaign going in the recent past, just to make a few examples.

 

[Fifth Element]

http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4news/20100104For those unhappy with the flavor, here's the opportunity to make your numbers recognizable.

Selection bias at its best!