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<blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 6556036" data-attributes="member: 957">ExactlyBut will that last?&nbsp; If geeks spend the next 5 years saying &quot;Pathfinder&quot; then people will start lumping everything under &quot;Pathfinder&quot;.&nbsp; That is a long long way off.&nbsp; D&amp;D has deep roots.But the presumption that this is unwavering is not forward thinking.There are a lot of shades of grey between the conditions of today and the Big Bang Theory of 2020 talking about Pathfinder.&nbsp; And every one of those shades reduced the brand value.I suspect someone somewhere has done brand recognition surveys over the past decades and D&amp;D has gone up and down within a range over that time.&nbsp; If, hypothetically, the D&amp;D output dropped to a couple APs with free 25 page pdfs per year, the downs would start being a lot more than the ups and sooner than later the range would start finding new lows.If competitors offer good alternatives, the issue will only accelerate.But you are treating it like it is a yes/no question.If the value drops 10% or 25% that is a decline.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BryonD, post: 6556036, member: 957"] Exactly But will that last? If geeks spend the next 5 years saying "Pathfinder" then people will start lumping everything under "Pathfinder". That is a long long way off. D&D has deep roots. But the presumption that this is unwavering is not forward thinking. There are a lot of shades of grey between the conditions of today and the Big Bang Theory of 2020 talking about Pathfinder. And every one of those shades reduced the brand value. I suspect someone somewhere has done brand recognition surveys over the past decades and D&D has gone up and down within a range over that time. If, hypothetically, the D&D output dropped to a couple APs with free 25 page pdfs per year, the downs would start being a lot more than the ups and sooner than later the range would start finding new lows. If competitors offer good alternatives, the issue will only accelerate. But you are treating it like it is a yes/no question. If the value drops 10% or 25% that is a decline. [/QUOTE]

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