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<blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 6934514" data-attributes="member: 6785785">I'm not trying to portray you disingenuously. I'm trying to understand your stance and then how that relates to the general consumer that WotC is aiming for.They've primarily been doing print only books, so that part isn't really a problem. But I don't think that they're going to put out non-Realms stuff in anything that's a general type release like you are describing. Asking or expecting them to do so is where I think your stance is harder to please.For example...I'd personally like to see a new setting. I'm not sure what, but something different. Something not like the mostly standard fantasy of Oerth, Toril, Krynn, or Ebberon. Something that was as different from those as Dark Sun and Planescape were. However, I don't expect to see a new setting, at least not anytime soon. Is that desire on my part one that is easy to please? The answer seems simple....it's just one book, they could create a new setting. They've done it before. But it's way too risky at this point. I look at your desire for a PHB2 (for lack of a better term) as along those lines. We'll see how Volo's Guide goes, and how strongly tied to the Realms it is...I have a feeling they're going to gauge the success of this book and use it to determine how they present material going forward. Maybe the major mechanical expansion will be exactly what you want. My bet at this point is that it would be combined with either Realms Lore or some sort of other content aimed at another area of the game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hawkeyefan, post: 6934514, member: 6785785"] I'm not trying to portray you disingenuously. I'm trying to understand your stance and then how that relates to the general consumer that WotC is aiming for. They've primarily been doing print only books, so that part isn't really a problem. But I don't think that they're going to put out non-Realms stuff in anything that's a general type release like you are describing. Asking or expecting them to do so is where I think your stance is harder to please. For example...I'd personally like to see a new setting. I'm not sure what, but something different. Something not like the mostly standard fantasy of Oerth, Toril, Krynn, or Ebberon. Something that was as different from those as Dark Sun and Planescape were. However, I don't expect to see a new setting, at least not anytime soon. Is that desire on my part one that is easy to please? The answer seems simple....it's just one book, they could create a new setting. They've done it before. But it's way too risky at this point. I look at your desire for a PHB2 (for lack of a better term) as along those lines. We'll see how Volo's Guide goes, and how strongly tied to the Realms it is...I have a feeling they're going to gauge the success of this book and use it to determine how they present material going forward. Maybe the major mechanical expansion will be exactly what you want. My bet at this point is that it would be combined with either Realms Lore or some sort of other content aimed at another area of the game. [/QUOTE]

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