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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nonlethal Force" data-source="post: 3058494" data-attributes="member: 35788">Thirded.  I think he didn't post much because there isn't a bunch to post!  The fact that the cover of Complete Mage didn't turn from gray to colored until the very absolute end of August (and it's coming out in OCtober!) tells me that they might be running behind schedule in production, also.  If production is running behind schedule, marketing will fall behind as well.  I just hope that if marketing is running behind schedule that proofreading isn't going to take a hit.  The proofreading of the last complete book - CPsi was horrid!  [Having said that knock against the Complete Series, I thought PHB II was impressively solid.]Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if they are running on fumes as a company.  The books have typically gotten shorter, larger pictures, and more fluff/less crunch.  In fact, if you go through the complete series books and flip open to the "New Spells" section you even see a change in font size/occasional number of columns!  That isn't a complaint, because the fluff can go a long way into making the world realistic and more fun - rather than giving new rules to crunch.  But typically I count crunch twice as much as fluff because crunch can be said much quicker.  You can explain a set of feats much more quickly than you can explain an organization, affiliation, or helpful ways to define a character background.  Thus, since fluff naturally takes longer, I expect fluff books to be longer than crunch books.  Both are valuable on my shelf, I just want the same bang for my buck!</blockquote>

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