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<blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 6506041" data-attributes="member: 5100">As much as I hate to say it, it sounds like they need to invest in campaign settings. Drizzt used to sell a lot of books. Dragonlance sold quite a few books.I see a couple options for doing so:1) Really push the Realms. As much as I despise the setting, it's got the largest established fan base from which to build. Screw the &quot;D&amp;D&quot; movie rights. Market a &quot;Forgotten Realms: Dark Elves in Spandex&quot; movie, but make sure you retain the rights and find a really good writer/director team to helm it. Heck, as long as they keep the rights, they'd be ahead if they offered 90% of the net to get the right talent. Maybe even publish a &quot;special edition&quot; of the PHB that's labeled as &quot;Forgotten Realms RPG Core Rules&quot; and has a bit more depth to the Realms bits (human regional names, gods, backgrounds) while removing non-Realms stuff (other gods).2) Diversify. As #1, but go a little bit lighter on the Realms and make use of other IP. I think Eberron has a ton of potential, here, as does Ravenloft. Sure, there isn't quite as much material, but there's enough. You also wouldn't have to worry as much about &quot;Expanded Universe&quot; issues clogging the pipes. Heck, a movie version of I6 would probably do fine -- at least as good as the &quot;Hansel and Gretel&quot; movie.3) Try to recreate the magic of Dragonlance, but on a larger scale. Look for talent, first, then verify that they're at least warm to the game. Let them go nuts on a pseudo-Medieval story as long as it can be reasonably converted to a 5E module. Build the setting from scratch, including potentially dropping halflings for kender, etc. This gets rid of any concerns with legacy quality control.All the above assume the adventure paths are built from the movies. They could go the other direction, though, and focus on having great APs and promote the snot out of them. People are willing to fully immerse themselves in some video games because of the story. Sell the RPG as a group experience on the same lines. Just make sure the hard-bound AP books have enough side-bars to help the new DM run it, including a reference to the Basic Rules and some pregen characters.While the movie route might be the most profitable route, I think it's pretty risky. The AP route is a lot safer. Even if the sidebars annoy some veterans, they're easy enough to ignore, really.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercule, post: 6506041, member: 5100"] As much as I hate to say it, it sounds like they need to invest in campaign settings. Drizzt used to sell a lot of books. Dragonlance sold quite a few books. I see a couple options for doing so: 1) Really push the Realms. As much as I despise the setting, it's got the largest established fan base from which to build. Screw the "D&D" movie rights. Market a "Forgotten Realms: Dark Elves in Spandex" movie, but make sure you retain the rights and find a really good writer/director team to helm it. Heck, as long as they keep the rights, they'd be ahead if they offered 90% of the net to get the right talent. Maybe even publish a "special edition" of the PHB that's labeled as "Forgotten Realms RPG Core Rules" and has a bit more depth to the Realms bits (human regional names, gods, backgrounds) while removing non-Realms stuff (other gods). 2) Diversify. As #1, but go a little bit lighter on the Realms and make use of other IP. I think Eberron has a ton of potential, here, as does Ravenloft. Sure, there isn't quite as much material, but there's enough. You also wouldn't have to worry as much about "Expanded Universe" issues clogging the pipes. Heck, a movie version of I6 would probably do fine -- at least as good as the "Hansel and Gretel" movie. 3) Try to recreate the magic of Dragonlance, but on a larger scale. Look for talent, first, then verify that they're at least warm to the game. Let them go nuts on a pseudo-Medieval story as long as it can be reasonably converted to a 5E module. Build the setting from scratch, including potentially dropping halflings for kender, etc. This gets rid of any concerns with legacy quality control. All the above assume the adventure paths are built from the movies. They could go the other direction, though, and focus on having great APs and promote the snot out of them. People are willing to fully immerse themselves in some video games because of the story. Sell the RPG as a group experience on the same lines. Just make sure the hard-bound AP books have enough side-bars to help the new DM run it, including a reference to the Basic Rules and some pregen characters. While the movie route might be the most profitable route, I think it's pretty risky. The AP route is a lot safer. Even if the sidebars annoy some veterans, they're easy enough to ignore, really. [/QUOTE]

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