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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 5674196" data-attributes="member: 463">Don't forget the people who haven't read the Neverwinter Campaign Guide who are vehemently supporting it, too!  I guess it arouses strong emotions...I know my feelings are always influenced by the money I paid, and it's not WoTC's fault I got the Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide for £12 but got ripped off by amazon.co.uk for over £27 for the NWCG.  At price parity I'd probably regard them as comparable.  I did look at some of the WotC teaser stuff before purchase, but again I'd feel differently if I'd had a clearer idea of the content; I thought it would be a more traditional city sourcebook in the mould of  the 2e Greyhawk box set, which had tons of adventures and statted NPCs as well as some factions.  It never occurred to me you could release a 'city' book without actually detailing the city or including adventures set in that city.I think maybe the Themes are the key.  I bought it thinking of adding Neverwinter to an ongoing campaign, but the discussion of Themes upthread makes clear that they are the intended starting point - you create fresh 1st level PCs for your Neverwinter campaign, each PC picks a theme, and the campaign generates from there.  The DM is still doing lots of work to flesh out the city, create adventures & encounters, but everyone has direction & motivation from this starting point.   It's not a bad idea, but it's not what I expected, it means I can't get value from the product simply by adding it to an ongoing campaign, and since I'm loving my existing Loudwater campaign and don't want to drop it, that means I basically can't use this.</blockquote>

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