What Would You Want In Future 3.5 Products?

[Sykopup]

Since I asked the question of who would continue to support 3d party publishers who carried 3.5 products, it made me wonder what you would have to see in these products to make you want to buy them. New spells, races, prestige classes, what?

 

[Arashi Ravenblade]

Knock off stuff really.
For example i doubt we will ever see a 3.5 spelljammer but i would jump at the chance to purchase a source book by a 3rd party publisher that made a generic version of it themselves. You know a different name and all but its still flying ships in space.
Anything new and interesting. Stuff like Dragonmech always gets me intrigued.

 

[The_Gneech]

#1) Adventures.

#2) RPG Foundry. (Formerly known as RPG Toolkit, the intended successor to E-Tools.)

#3) Miniatures of D&D-iconic monsters that don't cost $50 on eBay.

Anything else is gravy. A Greyhawk hardcover would be nice.

-The Gneech

 

[Scribble]

#3) Miniatures of D&D-iconic monsters that don't cost $50 on eBay.

I've been kind of wondering why no third party plastic minis have really sprung up...

 

[Glyfair]

I've been kind of wondering why no third party plastic minis have really sprung up...

Plastic miniatures have huge setup costs. You pretty much have to be sure of high sales before you can produce them. Most 3rd party companies can't be sure of having huge sales.

For me, I'll be content with regular quality Eberron products. So far I've only been disappointed with Magic of Eberron (although I've only played through the first of the three modules).

 

[Scribble]

Plastic miniatures have huge setup costs. You pretty much have to be sure of high sales before you can produce them. Most 3rd party companies can't be sure of having huge sales.

For me, I'll be content with regular quality Eberron products. So far I've only been disappointed with Magic of Eberron (although I've only played through the first of the three modules).

More so then metal ones?

 

[rgard]

Plastic miniatures have huge setup costs. You pretty much have to be sure of high sales before you can produce them. Most 3rd party companies can't be sure of having huge sales.

For me, I'll be content with regular quality Eberron products. So far I've only been disappointed with Magic of Eberron (although I've only played through the first of the three modules).

You are absolutely correct on the huge setup costs for plastic minis.

There are metal minis made by Reaper and Goodman games that cover many of the iconic fantasy creatures as well as D&D inspired minis, but they have different names on the packaging. Not dollar store cheap, but less much less than $50. Your average huge dragon by Reaper retails for around $20. The smaller figs are less all the way down to $4 for your average medium sized figure.

Thanks,
Rich

 

[Scribble]

You are absolutely correct on the huge setup costs for plastic minis.

There are metal minis made by Reaper and Goodman games that cover many of the iconic fantasy creatures as well as D&D inspired minis, but they have different names on the packaging. Not dollar store cheap, but less much less than $50. Your average huge dragon by Reaper retails for around $20. The smaller figs are less all the way down to $4 for your average medium sized figure.

Thanks,
Rich

painted?

 

[Allandaros]

Nope.

 

[Glyfair]

More so then metal ones?

Yes.

The essential requirements for metal miniatures are cheap rubber molds and the metal used to make the miniature. That's not too expensive, if you don't have automation you can do it at home with the right materials.

Plastic requires very, very expensive molds (we're talking thousands of dollars for a mold, at least in the 80's). Miniatures that have several parts require several molds. You have to spread that cost over each miniature, which means only large runs are practical.