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Message: <blockquote data-quote="satori01" data-source="post: 1004785" data-attributes="member: 7859">That is an intresting analogy Henry, though I'm not sure either Monte or Gary would agree.  One thing Monte and Gary were and are,(respectively) concerned about was the potential fragmentation of the D&D community.It does concern me that with 3.5 we might very welll be returning to the old days of 1e where people used rules from basic, core advanced, Dragon, Unearthed Arcana, and the survival books, without any rhyme or reason resulting in campaigns that had variant core rules from game to game.A persons 3.0 Ogre is not going to be the same as the 3.5 Ogre.Confusion in terms can be a problem.In another related issue, there always seems to be a segement of this board that believes that all companies are entitled to do whatever they want for money, and that all questions and concerns about their buisness practices are so much useless whinning.Of course WOTC is a buisness, and of course they need to  make profit.  I think one can easily critique WOTC and Hasbro's management of the Brand, and their customers.Creating a brand image of substandard overpriced products with little value will destroy any positive brand image,(see TSR 2e), I personaly feel that WOTC recent release list has been dodgy and my consumer confidence has been shaken.  In part I am annoyed at books that are repackaging of prior released material, or are made obsolecent by 3.5.  I am basing this off:Savage Species:nice book if there was to be no 3.5 monster manual with LA adjustments in it.  This book is absolutely subsumed by 3.5 after about 6 months out).Races of Faerun:Abysmall book, I frankly regret buying this book at the severly discounted $15 I did.  Some cool feats, some poorly designed feats, a couple of new races and lots of reprints from Savage Species and Forgotten Realms Manual, Do I need another reprinting of elvish Forgotten Realms history? Do I need a reprint of the Savage Species Centaur? $40 is not a fair price for some feats and a couple of races.Ghostwalk:I liked Ghostwalk for the alternate ghost rules, at least they were creative, but some more reprint issues concerning feats.  The book felt bloated to me, as if it were meant to be a smaller cheaper book inflated to make the "Wotc hardcover mininum page count".  Many people feel $40 is not worth the book.Perceived dodgy products will kill sales for WOTC.</blockquote>

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