Runesong42
First Post
To keep me as a customer, a product has to fill a certain niche that a) interests me, b) is affordable and c) is a fresh outlook on an older system. For example, Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed is WONDERFUL because it takes what is good from the old PHB 3.5, weeds out what isn't, and creates a whole new playing experience. Same for Blue Rose. I tend to notice authors as well as publishing companies.
To lose me, all a product needs to do is become outdated or to the point where it is irritating to me. Examples: WotC's 'update' to 3.5 really angered me, so I decided not to upgrade and keep my 3.0 books. Thanks to www.d20srd.org, I don't need to buy the new books. Also, I was really into the concept of d20 Modern when it first came out, and I really went crazy getting as many books as I could... until I actually PLAYED it. Now I find it grossly irritating to create PC's or NPC's and the classes too unbalanced and quirky. (Example: every PC in my game took 1 level of Fast so they could get the +4 Defense bonus and free Evasion talent. Really makes direct magical attacks and grenades quite ineffective, and the extra defense makes direct physical attacks harder to do damage. Sure, I could have used mental magic/psionics on 'em, but that would have gotten old really fast).
Too bad, too, because I would have liked to check out d20 Apocalypse.
To lose me, all a product needs to do is become outdated or to the point where it is irritating to me. Examples: WotC's 'update' to 3.5 really angered me, so I decided not to upgrade and keep my 3.0 books. Thanks to www.d20srd.org, I don't need to buy the new books. Also, I was really into the concept of d20 Modern when it first came out, and I really went crazy getting as many books as I could... until I actually PLAYED it. Now I find it grossly irritating to create PC's or NPC's and the classes too unbalanced and quirky. (Example: every PC in my game took 1 level of Fast so they could get the +4 Defense bonus and free Evasion talent. Really makes direct magical attacks and grenades quite ineffective, and the extra defense makes direct physical attacks harder to do damage. Sure, I could have used mental magic/psionics on 'em, but that would have gotten old really fast).
Too bad, too, because I would have liked to check out d20 Apocalypse.