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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 6934649" data-attributes="member: 22424"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?3033-WotC-s-Chris-Perkins-Talks-About-Everything!-Upcoming-Storylines-Products-Staffing-Other-Worlds-More!#.WBmzVvmLTct" target="_blank">Apparently it's 55% homebrew, 35% FR, 5% Greyhawk, and then anything else on 1-2% if it's lucky.</a>However, it's worth noting that a lot of homebrewers (around 50%) are quite comfortable stealing stuff from specific settings. And FR, being more generic than, say, Eberron or Dark Sun, is probably easier to steal stuff from.That does suggest, however, that they might be better served making non-setting books the norm - a book that sells only to homebrewers theoretically sells to 55% of the market, while an FR-specific book potentially sells to 52.5% (the 35% of FR + half the 55% homebrewers). Which in turn suggests that their purpose with a book like VGtM isn't just about selling as many copies as possible - increasing&nbsp; the value of the FR brand/IP is probably also a factor.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 6934649, member: 22424"] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?3033-WotC-s-Chris-Perkins-Talks-About-Everything!-Upcoming-Storylines-Products-Staffing-Other-Worlds-More!#.WBmzVvmLTct"]Apparently it's 55% homebrew, 35% FR, 5% Greyhawk, and then anything else on 1-2% if it's lucky.[/URL] However, it's worth noting that a lot of homebrewers (around 50%) are quite comfortable stealing stuff from specific settings. And FR, being more generic than, say, Eberron or Dark Sun, is probably easier to steal stuff from. That does suggest, however, that they might be better served making non-setting books the norm - a book that sells only to homebrewers theoretically sells to 55% of the market, while an FR-specific book potentially sells to 52.5% (the 35% of FR + half the 55% homebrewers). Which in turn suggests that their purpose with a book like VGtM isn't [i]just[/i] about selling as many copies as possible - increasing the value of the FR brand/IP is probably also a factor. [/QUOTE]

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