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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sidonunspa" data-source="post: 3813381" data-attributes="member: 4360">Well I can tell you that Eric's comments do not surprise me, many of the d20 publishers are at the "4e issue" the same way.You see, the convention season (Origins and GenCon) are a huge deal for publishers (especially smaller publishers like troll lords). It acts like a springboard for the rest of the year, if we make an impression at the conventions our sales show it year round.  So, by WotC not sharing the new d20 rules set with publishers (well... yet, I for one still have hope) we are being forced to make some VERY tough decisions.  What do we print for the conventions? Do we stick with 3.5? Do we put out some “fluff” products? Here at Paradigm Concepts we have a huge shared campaign to worry about, our call (one way or another) will affect thousands of players worldwide. Do we go 4e? Do we stay 3.5? Do we create a hybrid of 3.5/4e? Do we take 4e and modify it to our own system? There are pro’s and con’s to each plan. But we can’t make any plans till we see the complete 4e rules set.It’s VERY frustrating, specially for companies like us down here in Miami… being far away from the “gaming hub” of the north west, we lack the “inside connections” to even get a hint of what’s coming down the road. Thank god that Witch Hunter: The Invisible World is doing so damn well (like flying off the shelf well), seeing we developed the book with our own home-brew system we can just focus on supporting WH for the convention season this year. But it makes me wonder, will 4e suffer a little from the lack of convention support? I know that if I went to GenCon and saw no 3rd party 4e products... I may just walk over to mad Igor’s booth and get some 3.5 books for 5 bucks each.I have a feeling that Mad Igor is going to make a killing this year</blockquote>

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