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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 7749837" data-attributes="member: 12731"><p>The problem is - what customer is this directed at?</p><p></p><p>All of this is perfunctory. It gives off the "as little investment as we can get away with" vibe.</p><p></p><p>In order to sell a setting to a new customer, you need more than perfunctory. Much more in fact. First, you need a company that shows it believes in its product and is ready to back it up. </p><p></p><p>Summer back-door releases is not that. </p><p></p><p>Then, you need actual adventure. "possibly a mini adventure" is not that.</p><p></p><p>So, not the new gamer then, who could be made interested by a large pr blitz, with a lavish campaign guide occupying one of the year's few big hardcover releases, accompanied by DMsG support a la the semi-official Mezro series of scenarios.</p><p></p><p>That leaves the existing gamer, the grognard, who has all the AD&D and d20 supplements. What she wants is a detailed account of any updates to the setting. She also wants rules support, of course, but what she does not need is for big daddy to say "you get permission to reskin the orc as a X, and you can feature bards as Y"</p><p></p><p>All the easy stuff she can do herself (and has probably done so already, considering how 5E has existed for so long already). What she would be interested in parting with money for, is the hard stuff. Not the light reskinning, but the deep retooling. The new classes, subclasses, spells and feats. The official answer to hard questions "no halflings in Z".</p><p></p><p>---</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong - I'm not contesting your predictions. I think they're probably not far from the mark. </p><p></p><p>It's just that I happen to think this scenario is bloody perfunctory, and of little use to anyone. That's not on you, of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 7749837, member: 12731"] The problem is - what customer is this directed at? All of this is perfunctory. It gives off the "as little investment as we can get away with" vibe. In order to sell a setting to a new customer, you need more than perfunctory. Much more in fact. First, you need a company that shows it believes in its product and is ready to back it up. Summer back-door releases is not that. Then, you need actual adventure. "possibly a mini adventure" is not that. So, not the new gamer then, who could be made interested by a large pr blitz, with a lavish campaign guide occupying one of the year's few big hardcover releases, accompanied by DMsG support a la the semi-official Mezro series of scenarios. That leaves the existing gamer, the grognard, who has all the AD&D and d20 supplements. What she wants is a detailed account of any updates to the setting. She also wants rules support, of course, but what she does not need is for big daddy to say "you get permission to reskin the orc as a X, and you can feature bards as Y" All the easy stuff she can do herself (and has probably done so already, considering how 5E has existed for so long already). What she would be interested in parting with money for, is the hard stuff. Not the light reskinning, but the deep retooling. The new classes, subclasses, spells and feats. The official answer to hard questions "no halflings in Z". --- Don't get me wrong - I'm not contesting your predictions. I think they're probably not far from the mark. It's just that I happen to think this scenario is bloody perfunctory, and of little use to anyone. That's not on you, of course. [/QUOTE]
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