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<blockquote data-quote="EditorBFG" data-source="post: 3973184" data-attributes="member: 24719">Out of the books you list, ToB would have trouble competing-- whether it was brilliant or terrible-- simply because of what it is. It offers a whole new system and a new paradigm for looking at martial types. The other books offer magic items and feats (and in most cases prestige classes) that any out-of-the-PHB character can use as soon as you buy the book or any DM can use to spice up bad guys. If you wanted to compare ToB with like books, you'd want to cite sales figures for say, Expanded Psionics Handbook, or Tome of Magic, or maybe something like Ghostwalk, which bring much bigger changes to a D&amp;D game, the way ToB does.Also, Amazon figures don't reflect bookstore or hobby shop sales, so while I know these online numbers are all that you or I might be able to easily get our hands on, they don't really refute WotC's figures. If there is one thing I am absolutely certain WotC is on top of, it is tracking which of their products sell well and which don't.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EditorBFG, post: 3973184, member: 24719"] Out of the books you list, ToB would have trouble competing-- whether it was brilliant or terrible-- simply because of what it is. It offers a whole new system and a new paradigm for looking at martial types. The other books offer magic items and feats (and in most cases prestige classes) that any out-of-the-PHB character can use as soon as you buy the book or any DM can use to spice up bad guys. If you wanted to compare ToB with like books, you'd want to cite sales figures for say, Expanded Psionics Handbook, or Tome of Magic, or maybe something like Ghostwalk, which bring much bigger changes to a D&D game, the way ToB does. Also, Amazon figures don't reflect bookstore or hobby shop sales, so while I know these online numbers are all that you or I might be able to easily get our hands on, they don't really refute WotC's figures. If there is one thing I am absolutely certain WotC is on top of, it is tracking which of their products sell well and which don't. [/QUOTE]

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