Raven Crowking
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Haven't you heard? joethelawyer quit ENWorld.
Dang.
Haven't you heard? joethelawyer quit ENWorld.
Dang.
Note: you can produce subtle, nuanced role playing experiences that use dragon-men and tieflings too!
But I agree with Joe that Crunch seems to be on the ascendant, and I agree that I don't like it. In the OGL era, there were metric tonnes of adventures and settings in the early days, and towards the end, metric tonnes of splatbooks with extra crunch. In the GSL era, I see mostly rules, less story. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's what I see and I don't like it. Take that as possibly incorrect personal opinion, not as being mad at kids or even 4e -- it started before 4e.
People vote with their wallets; plain and simple. RPG companys will make what sells, and crunch tends to sell better then fluff. However...
I don't think Goodman would increase their profits by trying to do the GSL PHB 3, Goodman version . . .
People vote with their wallets; plain and simple. RPG companys will make what sells, and crunch tends to sell better then fluff. However...
There is fluff out there if you're willing to look for it.
Um, wasn't one of the reasons why WOTC got back into the adventure-producing was the realization that there WASN'T that many OGL adventures being produced.
I distinctly remember a post from Dancey stating they hoped that the OGL would mean WOTC wouldn't have to do adventures anymore yet by 3.5, they had to start cranking them out again.
I think it’s telling that in the bookstore in which I am typing this rambling pile of words, there are exactly 2 ½ shelves of RPG books and 38 shelves of Manga. I counted. 38. For Japanese comic books. There are only 4 kids in the whole Barnes and Noble superstore on a Saturday afternoon, one of which is 7 and sitting next to me with her mother, whining that she wants more candy. The other 3 kids are teenage girls sitting over near the magazines reading tabloid style magazines.