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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 4841353" data-attributes="member: 2012">Okay. I have to chime in here.While I personally agree with you regarding the S&amp;S Studio brand, the truth is a lot more convoluted.Internet-savvy d20/OGL fans quickly learned they could count on great d20 products under the Sword &amp; Sorcery Studios brand. However, that brand doesn't get as much love from the retailers (this is based on personal experience) in my neck of the woods. And I bet it's the same in a lot of other markets too.For example, there is one specific FLGS here in Edmonton that considers ALL S&amp;S products to be poo. (If it doesn't say D&amp;D on the cover then it isn't D&amp;D, in that store, period.) S&amp;S Studio products are regulated to bins where they collect dust.The owner of the store doesn't give much thought to Pathfinder either. Now, his opinion might change as Pathfinder grows into a successful brand (I think it will), but I cannot hope for him to change his mind. (There are other FLGS in Edmonton where Pathfinder gets its due.)Also, many local retailers I know either never knew the difference between a S&amp;S Studio/Necromancer book and a S&amp;S Studio/Malhavoc book or they didn't care! To them, S&amp;S Studio books were all the same mess -- 3PP books that WERE NEVER truly D&amp;D. (A few knew better... but only a select few.)Of course, the good part is that those same retailers now discount all their S&amp;S Studio books. It saves me money. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 4841353, member: 2012"] Okay. I have to chime in here. While I personally agree with you regarding the S&S Studio brand, the truth is a lot more convoluted. Internet-savvy d20/OGL fans quickly learned they could count on great d20 products under the Sword & Sorcery Studios brand. However, that brand doesn't get as much love from the retailers (this is based on personal experience) in my neck of the woods. And I bet it's the same in a lot of other markets too. For example, there is one specific FLGS here in Edmonton that considers ALL S&S products to be poo. (If it doesn't say D&D on the cover then it isn't D&D, in that store, period.) S&S Studio products are regulated to bins where they collect dust. The owner of the store doesn't give much thought to Pathfinder either. Now, his opinion might change as Pathfinder grows into a successful brand (I think it will), but I cannot hope for him to change his mind. (There are other FLGS in Edmonton where Pathfinder gets its due.) Also, many local retailers I know either never knew the difference between a S&S Studio/Necromancer book and a S&S Studio/Malhavoc book or they didn't care! To them, S&S Studio books were all the same mess -- 3PP books that WERE NEVER truly D&D. (A few knew better... but only a select few.) Of course, the good part is that those same retailers now discount all their S&S Studio books. It saves me money. ;) [/QUOTE]

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