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Should the splatbooks to come be theme-based or class/race based?
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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6347940" data-attributes="member: 92511"><p>Like the 1e Unearthed Arcana, you mean? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> With all of the options being completely "pick n' choose/add on if you want" (as a big chunk of the design mantra claims to be).</p><p></p><p>This seems to be where I'd be likely to place my money. This and theme based books.</p><p></p><p>That said, there's no reason whatsoever that WotC has to do one <em>or</em> the other <em>or</em> the other. They could have a 5e Unearthed Arcana with all kinds of add-on rule/option expansion, a couple of themed splats <strong><em>and</em></strong> race or class specific splats...given the game structure, I would think this doesn't encompass more than a "Monster Races" book to do ALL WotC world [and from the MM] PC races, and then class-based splats with expanded sub-classes/backgrounds/skills/feats, a la, "Everything You Can Possibly Do With a [X class] and Still BE [X class]" book.</p><p></p><p>I would be surprised to see an "All Elves" book or the like, since they seem to be pushing the whole Multiverse/Cosmology/All Worlds of D&D thing. Doing so would mean they'd have [and I'd REALLY NOT like to see] a book that is "Chapter 1: Forgotten Realms Elves pages 1-200 here's everything about every variety of elf in FR. Chapter 2: Greyhawk Elves: pages 201-400. Chapter 3: Dark Sun Elves pages 301-302. Chapter 4..." and that, while perhaps a fun read or interesting novelty for collectors, would just be a manual full of stuff I don't/won't use...and others wouldn't either, beyond the world, or maybe two, they use at their tables. Lots o' wasted pages that. </p><p></p><p>Full Campaign <em>World</em> books/sets are more likely in the splat category...I hope.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 6347940, member: 92511"] Like the 1e Unearthed Arcana, you mean? ;) With all of the options being completely "pick n' choose/add on if you want" (as a big chunk of the design mantra claims to be). This seems to be where I'd be likely to place my money. This and theme based books. That said, there's no reason whatsoever that WotC has to do one [I]or[/I] the other [I]or[/I] the other. They could have a 5e Unearthed Arcana with all kinds of add-on rule/option expansion, a couple of themed splats [B][I]and[/I][/B] race or class specific splats...given the game structure, I would think this doesn't encompass more than a "Monster Races" book to do ALL WotC world [and from the MM] PC races, and then class-based splats with expanded sub-classes/backgrounds/skills/feats, a la, "Everything You Can Possibly Do With a [X class] and Still BE [X class]" book. I would be surprised to see an "All Elves" book or the like, since they seem to be pushing the whole Multiverse/Cosmology/All Worlds of D&D thing. Doing so would mean they'd have [and I'd REALLY NOT like to see] a book that is "Chapter 1: Forgotten Realms Elves pages 1-200 here's everything about every variety of elf in FR. Chapter 2: Greyhawk Elves: pages 201-400. Chapter 3: Dark Sun Elves pages 301-302. Chapter 4..." and that, while perhaps a fun read or interesting novelty for collectors, would just be a manual full of stuff I don't/won't use...and others wouldn't either, beyond the world, or maybe two, they use at their tables. Lots o' wasted pages that. Full Campaign [I]World[/I] books/sets are more likely in the splat category...I hope. [/QUOTE]
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