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<blockquote data-quote="ColonelHardisson" data-source="post: 165471" data-attributes="member: 363">Re: Re: Re: Weird rumor concerning &quot;Book of Vile Darkness&quot;Good question. It wasn't begun because of anything the d20 pubs did - it takes too long for stuff to come down the pipe at WotC for that to have happened. Customers? Hmmm. I'm guessing that when it was pitched, it was done so more as a DM sourcebook than material for players to use for their PCs. Of course, such sidesteps have been used before - the Complete Necromancer's Handbook is a good example of this. It gave all kinds of material to play some of the most unsavory of all RPG characters, but labelled as a DM book in a *nudge nudge wink wink* appeasement of potential controversy. But, to answer the question directly - maybe WotC got tired of all the &quot;3e is for kids/munchkins/whatever&quot; line of criticism and decided to actually produce a book that was more &quot;in your face&quot; than anything else they'd done, or anyone had done, for D&amp;D (in an official way), and that would quiet all those who have clamored for more &quot;mature&quot; or &quot;adult&quot; material. I'd say that it also came about from a brainstorming session - &quot;So, what has never been done for D&amp;D?&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ColonelHardisson, post: 165471, member: 363"] [b]Re: Re: Re: Weird rumor concerning "Book of Vile Darkness"[/b] Good question. It wasn't begun because of anything the d20 pubs did - it takes too long for stuff to come down the pipe at WotC for that to have happened. Customers? Hmmm. I'm guessing that when it was pitched, it was done so more as a DM sourcebook than material for players to use for their PCs. Of course, such sidesteps have been used before - the Complete Necromancer's Handbook is a good example of this. It gave all kinds of material to play some of the most unsavory of all RPG characters, but labelled as a DM book in a *nudge nudge wink wink* appeasement of potential controversy. But, to answer the question directly - maybe WotC got tired of all the "3e is for kids/munchkins/whatever" line of criticism and decided to actually produce a book that was more "in your face" than anything else they'd done, or anyone had done, for D&D (in an official way), and that would quiet all those who have clamored for more "mature" or "adult" material. I'd say that it also came about from a brainstorming session - "So, what has never been done for D&D?" [/QUOTE]

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