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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8491061" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p>Current D&D players thinking about sourcebooks on humanoid areas to slot in to their home games or to use as inspiration for their home games might look around and see or hear about existing ones.</p><p></p><p>For Orcs I can think of:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/132809/GAZ10-The-Orcs-of-Thar-Basic?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Orcs of Thar</a></p><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/58021/Fury-in-the-Wastelands-The-Orcs-of-Tellene?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Fury in the Wastelands: The Orcs of Tellene</a></p><p><a href="https://paizo.com/products/btpy9aue?Pathfinder-Campaign-Setting-Belkzen-Hold-of-the-Orc-Hordes" target="_blank">Belkzen Hold of the Orc Hordes</a></p><p></p><p>Fury is a licensed D&D product but was not TSR/WotC.</p><p>Belkzen is a pathfinder sourcebook and so not even official D&D.</p><p></p><p>A lot of D&D fans looking for a full TSR/WotC humanoid area sourcebook might see Thar as the only go to.</p><p></p><p>I bought the shrinkwrapped book based on the premise of the cover and the back info blurb thinking a humanoid area gazetteer would be great. I was not expecting the Looney Tunes humor cultural portrayals.</p><p></p><p>If someone asks about D&D style Orc area sourcebooks I would mention the three above, but my comments about Thar would probably have a healthy dose of "It is the one I am most familiar with, but . . . you should be aware that . . ."</p><p></p><p>I think the main benefit of analyses like these is awareness. Some things are fairly straight forward but you have to have access to the inside to know about it, others can be taken different ways such as the punk Orcs enjoying breakdancing. Some things different people will not be aware of and they can slip under your radar.</p><p></p><p>With awareness a potential audience/customer/D&D player can make their own judgment call on how they feel about the sourcebook and the identified issues and make a more informed choice about a potential purchase or to not be surprised by elements they consider problematic if they choose to get it for other elements (such as the full humanoid classes for B/X), or even if they consider the identified problematic issues as not a problem for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8491061, member: 2209"] Current D&D players thinking about sourcebooks on humanoid areas to slot in to their home games or to use as inspiration for their home games might look around and see or hear about existing ones. For Orcs I can think of: [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/132809/GAZ10-The-Orcs-of-Thar-Basic?affiliate_id=17596']Orcs of Thar[/URL] [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/58021/Fury-in-the-Wastelands-The-Orcs-of-Tellene?affiliate_id=17596']Fury in the Wastelands: The Orcs of Tellene[/URL] [URL='https://paizo.com/products/btpy9aue?Pathfinder-Campaign-Setting-Belkzen-Hold-of-the-Orc-Hordes']Belkzen Hold of the Orc Hordes[/URL] Fury is a licensed D&D product but was not TSR/WotC. Belkzen is a pathfinder sourcebook and so not even official D&D. A lot of D&D fans looking for a full TSR/WotC humanoid area sourcebook might see Thar as the only go to. I bought the shrinkwrapped book based on the premise of the cover and the back info blurb thinking a humanoid area gazetteer would be great. I was not expecting the Looney Tunes humor cultural portrayals. If someone asks about D&D style Orc area sourcebooks I would mention the three above, but my comments about Thar would probably have a healthy dose of "It is the one I am most familiar with, but . . . you should be aware that . . ." I think the main benefit of analyses like these is awareness. Some things are fairly straight forward but you have to have access to the inside to know about it, others can be taken different ways such as the punk Orcs enjoying breakdancing. Some things different people will not be aware of and they can slip under your radar. With awareness a potential audience/customer/D&D player can make their own judgment call on how they feel about the sourcebook and the identified issues and make a more informed choice about a potential purchase or to not be surprised by elements they consider problematic if they choose to get it for other elements (such as the full humanoid classes for B/X), or even if they consider the identified problematic issues as not a problem for them. [/QUOTE]
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