Races of Eberron Cover Art and Petition

[Psychic Warrior]

For me it's a matter of bookshelf organization. When I get the book (as I was going to before the cover switch, and will be going to now that the cover is switched), I want to file it under Eberron. But now I can't.

The FR Monster book has been giving me the same irksome issue for years now. I simply don't use it. Every time I look at it, it makes me seethe with hatred. Why do they do such things?

Oh yeah, because they want to snow non-Eberron players into buying an Eberron product or Forgotten Realms in the case of Monsters of Faerun.

Wow. That's the crappiest conspiracy 'theory' I have ever encountered (and I've posted on the WotC boards!).

That or you must think most people who buy these books only look at the pretty pictures and never actually read it. :\

 

[Gez]

For Monsters of Faerûn, let's remember it was published before the actual cover for the FR line was decided. Anyone else than me remembers the placeholder covers, where the "sheepskin" cover was ripped at about half the cover, and an image of an adventuring party looking over a pretty landscape was in the bottom half?

 

[ecliptic]

Imagine if they did this to the Races of Faerun and how many Forgotten Realms fans would be up in arms.

 

[Estlor]

It seems people were expecting this book to be an Eberron book on Eberron races, when WotC always intended it to be a D&D book on Eberron races.

They've just corrected the error on the cover mock-up. Big deal.

 

[jester47]

I don't buy Eberron (though I think the setting has a lot going for it, just like Kalamar) but I think the old cover looks waaaay "kewler."

Opinion.

Aaron.

 

[Wombat]

As a person who frequently loses dustjackets and does not mourn their passing and who rarely even notices the covers of his rpg books, this strikes me as an ultimate non-issue.

The same information will be inside, right?

I put this up there with DAW paperback covers of the 1970s -- whatever took place on the cover, you knew didn't happen at some point in the book. Since that time, I have pretty much dismissed covers...

 

[BlackMoria]

The decision could probably made been due to the sales figures of Races of Faerun. Some gamers would not be caught dead picking up a Forgotten Realms book and I have heard some players who have a similar opinion of picking up a Eberron book.

This is probably a move to get the more 'opinionated' players to at least pick up the book and make a judgement for themselves and simply not dismiss it out of hand cause it is 'Eberron identity'.

All speculation on my part.

At any rate, a 'rose by any other name' issue for me. Product identity color schemes for books is not a issue from my view in the cheapseats.

 

[VorpalBunny]

The decision could probably made been due to the sales figures of Races of Faerun. Some gamers would not be caught dead picking up a Forgotten Realms book and I have heard some players who have a similar opinion of picking up a Eberron book.

Interesting speculation. I hope that WotC really doesn't think that a buyer will look past the "Eberron" in big bold letters on the cover and see only the brown jacket. A DM or player that doesn't play Eberron is going to be disinclined to purchase product with "Eberron" in the title no matter how it's packaged.

I for one liked the old cover. I like my all Eberron stuff to look the same lined up on my shelf...

 

[Sammael]

Imagine if they did this to the Races of Faerun and how many Forgotten Realms fans would be up in arms.

I am just glad that Races of Faerûn got published before WotC invented the boring, bland, unimaginative, crap that is the new "Races of ..." series. RoF is one of the best 3.x FR books, mainly because it contains info that hasn't just been regurgitated from previous editions.

 

[edbonny]

I don't see it as such a big deal. Ya know that old saying - something about judging books and covers.

- Ed