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<blockquote data-quote="Ashrem Bayle" data-source="post: 676783" data-attributes="member: 3103"><p><strong>COOL!</strong></p><p></p><p>I've been itching to talk about this every since I heard about it. Thanks Dragon! I for one am very happy about all this.</p><p></p><p>Look at it from Wizard's point of view. This is what I would do...</p><p></p><p>1. Athas.org does all the heavy lifting for DS. They work out the systems and playtest the info. Wizard's (who already owns the license and knows there is a built in fanbase) gets the info from Athas.org and works a little mojo on it.</p><p></p><p>2. The print the core setting book for DS with a tiny dusting of psionics thrown in. Look at d20 Modern for an example. Like any good drug dealer, they get you get hooked from that little sample.</p><p></p><p>3. The new campaign setting comes out around the same time with the same tiny bit of psionics info (30 pages?) cut-n-pasted from the Dark Sun book.</p><p></p><p>4. Now that everyone is hooked, they release a new psionics handbook. The new book has two "sample settings" in it. Both "sample settings" are just tiny samples of the new setting and Dark Sun.</p><p></p><p>So...</p><p></p><p>Anyone who buys either of the new settings, both of which where mostly developed outside of Wizards, will have a functioning set of psionics rules, but will probably have a desire for more. They will look to the new psionics book for this.</p><p></p><p>Anyone who buys just the psionics book will get a taste of both of the new settings and would likely buy at least one of them.</p><p></p><p>The new psionics book goes to the SRD, so anyone who has the original book isn't <strong>forced</strong> to update.</p><p></p><p>Everybody wins. Wizards gets more fans hooked on their new settings and psionics. We get more good psionic treats.</p><p></p><p>For those of you who don't like psionics..... *shrugs*......sorry. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ashrem Bayle, post: 676783, member: 3103"] [b]COOL![/b] I've been itching to talk about this every since I heard about it. Thanks Dragon! I for one am very happy about all this. Look at it from Wizard's point of view. This is what I would do... 1. Athas.org does all the heavy lifting for DS. They work out the systems and playtest the info. Wizard's (who already owns the license and knows there is a built in fanbase) gets the info from Athas.org and works a little mojo on it. 2. The print the core setting book for DS with a tiny dusting of psionics thrown in. Look at d20 Modern for an example. Like any good drug dealer, they get you get hooked from that little sample. 3. The new campaign setting comes out around the same time with the same tiny bit of psionics info (30 pages?) cut-n-pasted from the Dark Sun book. 4. Now that everyone is hooked, they release a new psionics handbook. The new book has two "sample settings" in it. Both "sample settings" are just tiny samples of the new setting and Dark Sun. So... Anyone who buys either of the new settings, both of which where mostly developed outside of Wizards, will have a functioning set of psionics rules, but will probably have a desire for more. They will look to the new psionics book for this. Anyone who buys just the psionics book will get a taste of both of the new settings and would likely buy at least one of them. The new psionics book goes to the SRD, so anyone who has the original book isn't [b]forced[/b] to update. Everybody wins. Wizards gets more fans hooked on their new settings and psionics. We get more good psionic treats. For those of you who don't like psionics..... *shrugs*......sorry. :D [/QUOTE]
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