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<blockquote data-quote="Berandor" data-source="post: 104362" data-attributes="member: 225">Of course I am <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Psion:Just to get it out at the beginning: I am no Kenzer&amp;Co-Employee. It is not MY product, or scheme, though I have playtested the Player's Guide.I am merely a gamer.And I agree with you that good products will make their name for themselves, as Kenzer has done so far and will continue to do so in the future. I think the time will come, in the near future, when people will see the KenzerCo logo and buy stuff becuase of their name.As it stands, Kenzer's involvement in the d20 system is as new as that of any other company out there. And even though I have been impressed by other companies' work, there is no company out there that I would buy an interesting product of without reading a review of it first (preferably, more than one) and then examining it closely myself.I think this barrier is much smaller with official D&amp;D products. I also think there are some, or a lot, groups out there with DMs who are not really into the d20 movement, and tend to disregard anything non-WotC, or at least scrutinize non-WotC stuff VERY closely while almost blindly allowing official products to be used.So if a player sees a good feat or PrCl in a d20 book, chances are they won't be allowed by said DM, because this stuff &quot;wasn't properly tested&quot;.And it's kind of understandable, because with the flood of d20 publishers, you can't be informed on all companies, much less if you're not really into d20.But with content from Kalamar, chances are the DM would allow it because &quot;it's official&quot;.I personally know three DMs who are that way.My &quot;con argument&quot; was only a minor part in this above argument, because at cons I would think it to be similar.I don't go to Cons, myself - but that is no reason for those who go not to have some benefit from Official D&amp;D.Still, who tells you that Kenzer&amp;Co won't include OGC into their work? Isn't that allowed with D&amp;D? I really don't know, as I'm no publisher, and no lawyer.Berandor</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Berandor, post: 104362, member: 225"] Of course I am :D Psion: Just to get it out at the beginning: I am no Kenzer&Co-Employee. It is not MY product, or scheme, though I have playtested the Player's Guide. I am merely a gamer. And I agree with you that good products will make their name for themselves, as Kenzer has done so far and will continue to do so in the future. I think the time will come, in the near future, when people will see the KenzerCo logo and buy stuff becuase of their name. As it stands, Kenzer's involvement in the d20 system is as new as that of any other company out there. And even though I have been impressed by other companies' work, there is no company out there that I would buy an interesting product of without reading a review of it first (preferably, more than one) and then examining it closely myself. I think this barrier is much smaller with official D&D products. I also think there are some, or a lot, groups out there with DMs who are not really into the d20 movement, and tend to disregard anything non-WotC, or at least scrutinize non-WotC stuff VERY closely while almost blindly allowing official products to be used. So if a player sees a good feat or PrCl in a d20 book, chances are they won't be allowed by said DM, because this stuff "wasn't properly tested". And it's kind of understandable, because with the flood of d20 publishers, you can't be informed on all companies, much less if you're not really into d20. But with content from Kalamar, chances are the DM would allow it because "it's official". I personally know three DMs who are that way. My "con argument" was only a minor part in this above argument, because at cons I would think it to be similar. I don't go to Cons, myself - but that is no reason for those who go not to have some benefit from Official D&D. Still, who tells you that Kenzer&Co won't include OGC into their work? Isn't that allowed with D&D? I really don't know, as I'm no publisher, and no lawyer. Berandor [/QUOTE]

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