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<blockquote data-quote="kenmarable" data-source="post: 5058269" data-attributes="member: 40359"><p>Actually, I disagree. Looking at classes, races, and monsters - there's already almost as much released for 3pp use by WotC as there was in 3.x. Before the release of the psionic, Epic, and Divine rules into the 3.5 SRD, I'd say the 4e SRD is pretty comparable. Sure, I'd love more of course. And I *really* hope the psionic makes it's way in, but there aren't major SRD limits on campaign settings. Biggest issues that I see are:</p><p></p><p>a) Core classes you can't address, but I don't see addressing all of the core PC classes as essential to campaign settings. It's nice dressing to discuss how wardens and invokers and swordmages might appear in your setting, but even addressing *any* of the classes directly isn't necessary for campaign material</p><p></p><p>b) Magic items. Unfortunately, the core books had a VERY sparse selection of magic items since most of them were presented in the Adventurer's Vault (I even consider it the 4th core book) and weren't added to the SRD. But again, I don't see needing to address specific WotC owned magic items as an essential part of any campaign setting.</p><p></p><p>What is currently available in the SRD is definitely enough to create many campaign settings. In fact, I have two I'm considering cleaning up and releasing over the next few years, and even those don't directly address everything already in the SRD.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong, I don't want to argue that WotC shouldn't add more to the SRD (I'm on the uninformed opinion that they should release everything, but that's just me). I'd love it if they released much more. However, I certainly don't think they haven't released enough that many publishers couldn't make many settings.</p><p></p><p>After all, 3.x saw a large number of great settings, yet the only material opened up by WotC after the initial core rules was the niche stuff most publishers ignored anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kenmarable, post: 5058269, member: 40359"] Actually, I disagree. Looking at classes, races, and monsters - there's already almost as much released for 3pp use by WotC as there was in 3.x. Before the release of the psionic, Epic, and Divine rules into the 3.5 SRD, I'd say the 4e SRD is pretty comparable. Sure, I'd love more of course. And I *really* hope the psionic makes it's way in, but there aren't major SRD limits on campaign settings. Biggest issues that I see are: a) Core classes you can't address, but I don't see addressing all of the core PC classes as essential to campaign settings. It's nice dressing to discuss how wardens and invokers and swordmages might appear in your setting, but even addressing *any* of the classes directly isn't necessary for campaign material b) Magic items. Unfortunately, the core books had a VERY sparse selection of magic items since most of them were presented in the Adventurer's Vault (I even consider it the 4th core book) and weren't added to the SRD. But again, I don't see needing to address specific WotC owned magic items as an essential part of any campaign setting. What is currently available in the SRD is definitely enough to create many campaign settings. In fact, I have two I'm considering cleaning up and releasing over the next few years, and even those don't directly address everything already in the SRD. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to argue that WotC shouldn't add more to the SRD (I'm on the uninformed opinion that they should release everything, but that's just me). I'd love it if they released much more. However, I certainly don't think they haven't released enough that many publishers couldn't make many settings. After all, 3.x saw a large number of great settings, yet the only material opened up by WotC after the initial core rules was the niche stuff most publishers ignored anyway. [/QUOTE]
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