D&D 4E Un(der)served 4e Content Goldrush?

[Greatwyrm]

In another thread, I brought up Swords & Sorcery Studios' Creature Collection beating the 3e Monster Manual to market by being released the same day as the 3e PHB. I believe that this kind of thing can and will happen again with 4e's release.

Just for the sake of discussion, let's say the things we don't think will be in the initial core release actually won't be. Gnomes, bards, monks, psionics, druids - all of that stuff. Am I genuinely nuts to think that people won't be falling over each other to produce this stuff before WotC does? If some 3rd party publisher produced a monster book and psionics book on release day, wouldn't that be a huge sales opportunity?

 

[Doug McCrae]

You should be making money yourself off of ideas like that, not giving them away for free.

 

[SpiderMonkey]

In another thread, I brought up Swords & Sorcery Studios' Creature Collection beating the 3e Monster Manual to market by being released the same day as the 3e PHB. I believe that this kind of thing can and will happen again with 4e's release.

Just for the sake of discussion, let's say the things we don't think will be in the initial core release actually won't be. Gnomes, bards, monks, psionics, druids - all of that stuff. Am I genuinely nuts to think that people won't be falling over each other to produce this stuff before WotC does? If some 3rd party publisher produced a monster book and psionics book on release day, wouldn't that be a huge sales opportunity?

I wouldn't doubt it. I would be a bit leary about how well-balanced those classes and rules would be, in light of how much of a debacle the Creature Collection was.

As an aside: say yah to da U.P. eh?

(Edit: proofreading is your friend)

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I certainly hope they do. I would love to see Green Ronin's Advanced Race Codex: Gnomes turned into a springboard for a fluff-heavy SRD 4E gnome. (Or a similar company doing the same. Bad Axe, this means you! )

 

[Xyxox]

I don't know how well it would actually be received by the fan base. I mean, when you get down to brass tacks, Sword and Sorcery's Creature Collection was a huge steaming pile of $4!7 if you ask me. That was my opinion of it, any way. YMMV

 

[breschau]

I couldn't care less.

I like the stuff Green Ronin puts out. Malhavoc kicks ass too.

But, I don't buy OGL/d20 books put out by third parties. And I won't. Ever. I'm in it to play D&D not some guy putting out books from his basement thinks D&D should be like.

I love the ideas Monte Cook presented in his books, and I hope a good share of his ideas are included. But, with so many 3rd party publishers out there the only way to keep things consistent at the table is to buy them all and learn every variant possible out there, or ban them all.

I choose the latter.

 

[Xyxox]

I couldn't care less.

I like the stuff Green Ronin puts out. Malhavoc kicks ass too.

But, I don't buy OGL/d20 books put out by third parties. And I won't. Ever. I'm in it to play D&D not some guy putting out books from his basement thinks D&D should be like.

I love the ideas Monte Cook presented in his books, and I hope a good share of his ideas are included. But, with so many 3rd party publishers out there the only way to keep things consistent at the table is to buy them all and learn every variant possible out there, or ban them all.

I choose the latter.

Yup, banning is the best option from where I sit. Either that, or take the core and then pick a single campaign setting from a single third party and only add that material to the core.

I prefer homebrews, so I stay away from the third party stuff.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I like the stuff Green Ronin puts out. Malhavoc kicks ass too.

But, I don't buy OGL/d20 books put out by third parties. And I won't. Ever.

Green Ronin and Malhavoc aren't third party?

I prefer homebrews, so I stay away from the third party stuff.

How does the second half of that sentence follow from the first?

 

[Scribble]

I like a lot of the third party stuff.

I agree, that you do have to be careful about what you allow in your game, but a blanket ban seems like you'd miss out on a lot of good stuff.

Ah well, to each his own.

 

[Lobo Lurker]

In any case, Monte's not doing any more d20 stuff, I believe. Ptolus (well, and Monte Cook's World of Darkness) were his last rpg products for a while, I believe.