Spells & SPELLCRAFT, Spells & MAGIC

[Psion]

Re: Re: Don't knock Spells & Spellcraft!

Probably not even worth a new thread on, though; certainly, people vote with their wallet, and in just a year or two I'm sure the d20 industry will shake out to the point that the publishers with the best/most popular products remain. Count me in on the side of free market forces, I guess.

I think you are wrong. I would be totally unsurprised if only a small number of publishers disappeared. Most publishers who publish both d20 and non-d20 product testify that their d20 products sell better. That being the case, I think that even relatively fringe d20 publishers will make enough money to stay afloat, especially considering the "out of the garage" nature of many of these businesses.

 

[Voadam]

So Kap or Will, did I miss anything in my little summary of S&S? Besides the glyph grenades, that is.

In general without having received my copy of S&S yet, I'm more inclined to go towards S&S over S&M just for the page count, I like more content over color pictures and The artwork from Traps and Treachery and Mythic Races is generally top notch IMO.

 

[Kaptain_Kantrip]

The design (art/layout, etc.) of the FFG books is great, though S&S is the first one I've bought (and the only one that I've wanted to buy so far). The price for quality/format and content/page count is both fair and competitive and the crunchy bits are top-notch (love to lob those glyph egg grenades---there is online errata for greater glyph eggs that were accidentally cut from S&S, BTW).

So, read both books at the store if you can, and compare which serves your specific (long and short term) campaign needs better. For me, it was S&S all the way. For you, it might be different.

 

[Kaptain_Kantrip]

Hey Wil, when is FFG's Romance & Relationships coming out? I can't wait for that one...