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Message: <blockquote data-quote="1StrangeFellow" data-source="post: 141629" data-attributes="member: 3954">Nothing in your list of possible responses to the question interests me in buying a book or is the primary reason why I would buy a book... the main thing that interests me is the subject matter and the quality of the treatment of that subject matter.  I didn't count the number of feats in this book compared to that book or new spells in this book compared to that book.  If the subject matter sucks or has been overdone, it doesn't matter if it has the coolest feat in the world.  If there is a topic or focus to the book but it's written like the author was a raving idiot with no writing talent or imagination but a special gift for making really neat feats and other new rules, I won't buy it.  In those cases I'll just open the book in the store, memorize that feat and then put it down on paper when I get home.Your focus is on nuts and bolts, and based on what I've read so far on this thread's first page you haven't even decided what type of machine you're building yet.  To continue with the metaphor:  Pick a machine and think about how to build it before you start discussing which specific screw to use.   Your question seems a bit backward to me, and does not seem to bode well for the project.Topic, theme and focus of the book would interest me.  Writing quality, depth of research and/or testing, these things would interest me.  Not another skill, feat or spell.   Anyone and anything d20-related can toss a feat, new monster, item or spell at me.  Big frickin' deal.  We're already drowning in new feats and skills.</blockquote>

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