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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mearls" data-source="post: 1470892" data-attributes="member: 697">There's a few issues at work that we might not be privy to. The editors may have changed the content at the behest of someone at WotC. They may have thought that it would be more fun to include as many options as possible, rather than cut out classes by fiat. I don't really have an opinion either way - I played Dark Sun a few times, but I don't have an emotional attachment to it.I do think that a better way for a writer to handle a situation like this would be to talk to the editors and see about releasing a PDF with the cut content, or create a web page at the Paizo site to offer options to people who want to cut out paladins and the like. It doesn't help anything to have fans mad at the editor rather than the writer. What does that really accomplish?And believe me, no one's reputation is at stake here. Getting work in the RPG business is a much higher function of knowing people than producing good work.Anyway, I can completely understand why the changes upset people. I'd be super-*******-pissed if WotC released a Greyhawk book that had Elminster setting up shop in the Valley of the Mage. The stock answer I'm supposed to give you is that it's an RPG, you can change or ignore stuff, but that's a cop out. You were looking forward to the Dark Sun material, and you're disappointed. It's like Alien III - you don't have to buy the DVD, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't have an impact on how much you like the entire Alien series.What I would suggest is perhaps writing a very polite letter or email to Dragon that says something like "I'm a big Dark Sun fan, and I heard there was some material cut from the article, such as an Athasian bard prestige class. I'd be really interested in seeing it, since in my game I prefer to use the non-spellcasting bards from the original DS set, rather than the 3e class. Is there any chance we'll see a web enhancement?"</blockquote>

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