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<blockquote data-quote="Zaukrie" data-source="post: 4214564" data-attributes="member: 2057"><p>But the DM does need to have a story. That is the issue to me. And the draconomicon and other fluff monster books sell well and are generally considered top-notch products (liber mysterium - sp? - for example, and the afore mentioned Monsternomicon).</p><p></p><p>Many of your answers presume someone with experience in RPing/DMing - I'm talking about people like my 12 year old son. It isn't so easy to make up fluff when you are a kid. You can poo-poo it if you want, you can disagree with me if you want, but I can't see how anyone comes up with fluff based on the writeups we've seen so far (orcs, demons, angels....).</p><p></p><p>And, I don't have a problem with WotC selling more product, none at all, but I'd prefer to get more fluff/story with my monsters. A few sentences, even, on each of the various orcs and their role in their society would have been nice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zaukrie, post: 4214564, member: 2057"] But the DM does need to have a story. That is the issue to me. And the draconomicon and other fluff monster books sell well and are generally considered top-notch products (liber mysterium - sp? - for example, and the afore mentioned Monsternomicon). Many of your answers presume someone with experience in RPing/DMing - I'm talking about people like my 12 year old son. It isn't so easy to make up fluff when you are a kid. You can poo-poo it if you want, you can disagree with me if you want, but I can't see how anyone comes up with fluff based on the writeups we've seen so far (orcs, demons, angels....). And, I don't have a problem with WotC selling more product, none at all, but I'd prefer to get more fluff/story with my monsters. A few sentences, even, on each of the various orcs and their role in their society would have been nice. [/QUOTE]
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