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Message: <blockquote data-quote="atom crash" data-source="post: 1980488" data-attributes="member: 22162">It seems that the response, based on this thread, is overwhelmingly "I'm deeply disappointed with WotC but I'll still buy the book, regardless of what the cover actually looks like."Sort of the same response to all the editing errors that keep being brought to light in recent WotC books. "I'm deeply disappointed with WotC but I'll still buy the book, regardless of the errors in the material."But you don't vote with an online petition. You vote with your dollar. And you can't expect to make demands unless you are willing to exact a price if the demands aren't met. Especially when the message being sent loud and clear is "I'll grumble and compalin but I'll buy the book anyway."(I don't mean to insult anyone here and that's not my intent; I'm just voicing my observations. The above three paragraphs are not aimed at anyone in particular so please don't interpet this as an attack.)For myself, it's a toss-up which book line makes this more of a "don't need, won't buy" item. I've found the Races of X books extremely disappointing, especially since so much space has been taken by a new race in each book that -- to me -- just seems goofy and completely unfit for my campaign. Stony-skinned primitive hunter guys who are large but not large? Humans living on the Plane of Shadow who have magical words circling their heads? No, thanks. In the next book we can look forward to flying bird people that will be able to help Flash Gordon take on Ming the Merciless.And while I have to admit I like the Eberron setting, I will get no use out of an Eberron setting book. I got a free copy of the CS book and flipped through it, liking what I saw. But I already have a campaign going, and I have no plans to spend $30-$35 on a book I will not be using.Questions I'd like answered: How many non-Eberron people will buy a $30 book for 4 races from that setting when they could buy the setting for $35? And if there is more setting-specific info about those races in the book, doesn't that qualify it as a setting book rather than a races book? And will a nice chunk of the book be devoted to a new race that also doesn't fit into my setting?</blockquote>

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