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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 6932827" data-attributes="member: 6785785">Regardless of how many want "general release content", you've indicated that you would want more frequent release of such material. That you would not be enticed back to the game by the release of one source book unless you knew another would be coming shortly thereafter. Correct?Don't you see that as more specific than the people who seem to be buying what WotC's currently putting out? You want a "general" release...so not setting specific would be my guess on what that means, or perhaps a specific setting book that's not already been done. There are folks that consider SCAG and the upcoming Volo's Guide to be the kind of book you're looking for. I know you don't see it that way, and I understand why...but your requirement is more specific than that of many others. And then you also expect them to continue with such material at a faster pace than they currently are doing. Again, that's a pretty hefty expectation. That'd would dramatically multiply their workload (1 source book a year would increase their workload by about 50%) or require them to hire on new designers or a significant amount of freelancers. Either of those has the possibilty to yield positive results...but each also has the risk of affecting the quality of all of their products, and the risk of affecting their profits. That all certainly seems a long a long way to go to get the business of this lapsed player who will be enticed to this edition by the release of a general content book that is then followed by more general content books with some kind of regularity. Yes, I have no doubt that there are such people...I just don't know if it is a significant enough population to cater to. Not at the cost of reaching others. Even fluff can be repurposed and used in any setting. Not necessarily an entire book's worth, but I personally have gleaned lots of material from one setting/movie/novel and transplanted it to my own. We all have. Saying that you can't get anything useful out of a book like the SCAG or anything else tied to a particular setting unless you play only in that specific setting seems odd. Especially in the case of a "kitchen sink" kind of fantasy setting like FR.</blockquote>

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