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<blockquote data-quote="Vacuum Elemental" data-source="post: 136418" data-attributes="member: 2789">One of our company's goals is to convert what many would define as &quot;setting material&quot; into new sets of rules.&nbsp; With Timeline we are taking civilizations and history, normally presented in freeform essays, and converting them into crunchy d20 rules.&nbsp; Dragon had another good example.&nbsp; Instead of writing an abstract article on tips for roleplaying witty insults, they presented a new set of rules for &quot;battles of wit&quot;.Neophytes should learn from others (at the table or online).&nbsp; The D&amp;D Adventure Box does a good job too.&nbsp; CRPGs are pulling new players in; NWN should be a great hand holder.&nbsp;&nbsp; I was an admin for the Scrying Room and did some mods for Pool of Radiance, but that game probably did more harm than good for 3E.If the market is there for attracting new gamers to the table, someone will do an OGL book compatible with D&amp;D but not &quot;d20&quot;.&nbsp; More examples and faster methods of play.&nbsp; Maybe WW's Everquest will do this; it will be interesting to see how they market it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vacuum Elemental, post: 136418, member: 2789"] One of our company's goals is to convert what many would define as "setting material" into new sets of rules. With Timeline we are taking civilizations and history, normally presented in freeform essays, and converting them into crunchy d20 rules. Dragon had another good example. Instead of writing an abstract article on tips for roleplaying witty insults, they presented a new set of rules for "battles of wit". Neophytes should learn from others (at the table or online). The D&D Adventure Box does a good job too. CRPGs are pulling new players in; NWN should be a great hand holder. I was an admin for the Scrying Room and did some mods for Pool of Radiance, but that game probably did more harm than good for 3E. If the market is there for attracting new gamers to the table, someone will do an OGL book compatible with D&D but not "d20". More examples and faster methods of play. Maybe WW's Everquest will do this; it will be interesting to see how they market it. [/QUOTE]

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