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<blockquote data-quote="Jahydin" data-source="post: 9885108" data-attributes="member: 6984869"><p>[USER=11760]@Whizbang Dustyboots[/USER] [USER=7034611]@mamba[/USER]</p><p>Understand it sounds far fetched, but I think the reality is if they want to grab those like me that have left, they <strong>have </strong>to make it separate from the 5.5e rule books or the entire effort fails. There are so many rumors circulating of a new edition already, the hope is they do it there. But even if they don't, a simple Greyhawk starter set with enough material to bring it to 0D&D level would work.</p><p></p><p>Because if they don't, who would buy it? Current fans aren't exactly excited about this. I was floored just from the amount of negative feedback here on the artwork (heresy btw <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="😜" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61c.png" title="Winking face with tongue :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:" data-shortname=":stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />!). Fans like myself that skipped buying the new edition and have moved on to other games certainly aren't going to "all in" just because a new source book came out. There has got to be an inviting "on ramp" of some sort, so to speak.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Running an entire ad on Polygon (that's usually what these articles are) makes me think this isn't just an extremely niche product with a limited run. Where did you read that? Everything I've read looks like this is going to be a huge part of the company moving forward. New design team, two soured partnerships being mended, and new products rolling out that no longer look "5.5ish". If true, that would certainly make me a lot less excited.</p><p></p><p>Edit: Sorry I misunderstood you here. I get what you're saying, thus the willingness to pay for it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If they pledged to stay committed to supporting Greyhawk and Dragonlance with the original creators, yeah, I would. That would be a gigantic ask on my part and huge risk on theirs, so for sure I would back them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jahydin, post: 9885108, member: 6984869"] [USER=11760]@Whizbang Dustyboots[/USER] [USER=7034611]@mamba[/USER] Understand it sounds far fetched, but I think the reality is if they want to grab those like me that have left, they [B]have [/B]to make it separate from the 5.5e rule books or the entire effort fails. There are so many rumors circulating of a new edition already, the hope is they do it there. But even if they don't, a simple Greyhawk starter set with enough material to bring it to 0D&D level would work. Because if they don't, who would buy it? Current fans aren't exactly excited about this. I was floored just from the amount of negative feedback here on the artwork (heresy btw 😜!). Fans like myself that skipped buying the new edition and have moved on to other games certainly aren't going to "all in" just because a new source book came out. There has got to be an inviting "on ramp" of some sort, so to speak. Running an entire ad on Polygon (that's usually what these articles are) makes me think this isn't just an extremely niche product with a limited run. Where did you read that? Everything I've read looks like this is going to be a huge part of the company moving forward. New design team, two soured partnerships being mended, and new products rolling out that no longer look "5.5ish". If true, that would certainly make me a lot less excited. Edit: Sorry I misunderstood you here. I get what you're saying, thus the willingness to pay for it. If they pledged to stay committed to supporting Greyhawk and Dragonlance with the original creators, yeah, I would. That would be a gigantic ask on my part and huge risk on theirs, so for sure I would back them. [/QUOTE]
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