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<blockquote data-quote="Glak" data-source="post: 4336781" data-attributes="member: 21495">they can't use Templar because they need that name for Dark Sun.&nbsp; I think that their choices for classes and power sources were deliberately designed to support the new yearly core strategy.&nbsp; By including Arcane and Divine it extends what people already have.&nbsp; There will be people who if they saw three new power sources would say &quot;cool, but everything is modular and I don't need that&quot;&nbsp; by using preexisting power sources those people have their argument against buying it shot down.&nbsp; Likewise by including a new power source, but tying it to old classes such as the Barbarian and Druid people become willing to try new power sources.&nbsp; Thus a lot of objections are killed.&nbsp; Then there is the pull: favorite classes and races (bard, barbarian, druid, gnome).&nbsp; That is what actually gets you to buy the book.&nbsp; Well done WotC.Psionics being pushed back a year gives me the idea that they need more time to work on it, and also that they will be doing Dark Sun as the third setting.&nbsp; If the new core books and the new setting match that year, well you can see how that would help sales.&nbsp; You don't want to release the DS books at a time when the source book containing Psionics is off of the shelves.&nbsp; Hmm... that would be a great book to put Elemental and possibly Shadow as the other power sources.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Glak, post: 4336781, member: 21495"] they can't use Templar because they need that name for Dark Sun. I think that their choices for classes and power sources were deliberately designed to support the new yearly core strategy. By including Arcane and Divine it extends what people already have. There will be people who if they saw three new power sources would say "cool, but everything is modular and I don't need that" by using preexisting power sources those people have their argument against buying it shot down. Likewise by including a new power source, but tying it to old classes such as the Barbarian and Druid people become willing to try new power sources. Thus a lot of objections are killed. Then there is the pull: favorite classes and races (bard, barbarian, druid, gnome). That is what actually gets you to buy the book. Well done WotC. Psionics being pushed back a year gives me the idea that they need more time to work on it, and also that they will be doing Dark Sun as the third setting. If the new core books and the new setting match that year, well you can see how that would help sales. You don't want to release the DS books at a time when the source book containing Psionics is off of the shelves. Hmm... that would be a great book to put Elemental and possibly Shadow as the other power sources. [/QUOTE]

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