Something I Hope WOTC Does... (And Doesn't...)

[Scribble]

One of the things that really excited me about 3e were the new innovations...

Feats, Skills, PRCs... Even sorcerers to an extent...

But then WOTC seems to latch on to feats and PRCs and produced book after book after book filled with them. As a result, I skipped a lot of the WOTC stuff in favor of third party books.

The books I DID buy from WOTC tended to be the ones that had brand new concepts and game ideas. BOVD for the sacrifice rules and some other things. Magic of Incarnum, Psionics Handbook, (though I wasn't too happy with it) Oriental Adventures, Bo9S... Just to name a few.

These are the kinds of books I like. They add something to the game that wasn't there before.

It's why I used to buy Dragon back in the day... It always seemed to be filled with new ideas and concepts. (Though this might have been just because the system was less complete... But I don't know if I buy that argument.)

I hope Wizards listens to me... I hope they produce more "new concepts" instead of just latching onto one existing idea and stretching it.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

One of the things that really excited me about 3e were the new innovations...

Feats, Skills, PRCs... Even sorcerers to an extent...

But then WOTC seems to latch on to feats and PRCs and produced book after book after book filled with them. As a result, I skipped a lot of the WOTC stuff in favor of third party books.

The books I DID buy from WOTC tended to be the ones that had brand new concepts and game ideas. BOVD for the sacrifice rules and some other things. Magic of Incarnum, Psionics Handbook, (though I wasn't too happy with it) Oriental Adventures, Bo9S... Just to name a few.

These are the kinds of books I like. They add something to the game that wasn't there before.

It's why I used to buy Dragon back in the day... It always seemed to be filled with new ideas and concepts. (Though this might have been just because the system was less complete... But I don't know if I buy that argument.)

I hope Wizards listens to me... I hope they produce more "new concepts" instead of just latching onto one existing idea and stretching it.

I never thought of it that way, but I think you may have articulated how I have felt during 3e as well.

 

[Lonely Tylenol]

Given that many of the later books like PHB II, Bo9S, and ToM have all been books in which new systems or ideas were presented, it seems to me that it may represent a paradigm shift in R&D of late. So I think that unless they get derailed by reprinting "dwarf books" at the beginning of the new edition, we might see more of the same design strategy.

 

[Scribble]

Given that many of the later books like PHB II, Bo9S, and ToM have all been books in which new systems or ideas were presented, it seems to me that it may represent a paradigm shift in R&D of late. So I think that unless they get derailed by reprinting "dwarf books" at the beginning of the new edition, we might see more of the same design strategy.

But then again, it would seem a lot of those books were simply "proving grounds" for the new system. So I'm fearing now that 4e is (for the most part) designed, it will be back tot he old grab a concept and run strategy.

I just hope my fear is unwarranted.