White Wolf Planescape theory

[Zappo]

I don't speak Spanish, but I visit ps3e.com quite often.

Yes, it's supported by fans and unsupported by a publisher. What happens if WW blows it? Nothing. Noone buys it, noone will sue your site, things stay exactly as they are. WW becomes a little poorer, but that's the punishment for making crappy products. They'll drop it, and we will return to the current situation.

OTOH, what happens it WW does it and it's good? We get a book, and we get to call it official - with all the advantages this brings. Most importantly, the advantage of having an estabilished setting as opposed to a myriad of individual conversions, and the advantage of having something that is on the shelves, has a powerful brand (WW) behind it, and has a nice shiny cover. These two things would greatly increase the fan base. And I'd really like the shiny cover, too.

We can't lose.

 

[Horacio]

O.K., but you miss a point...

In planewalker.com there are a bunch of people who are working, and have worked for months, preparing an Official and Free electronic release of PS 3e. It will be a PDF, well, a series of PDF, starting with an introduction to PS 3e and and adventure, and followed by a Campaign set. A well developped work, and a work of love (because it's going to be free) that risk never seeing the light.

 

[Ashy]

Or, if we are really lucky, they(*) will take what we have done and expand upon it and run with it! That would be ideal!

* - Any publisher that happens to purchase the rights to PS.

 

[Zappo]

I see your point. If someone actually releases a new PS 3e, planewalker.com will not be able to release their material. That would suck.

However... what you said has nothing to do with WW. You seem to imply that you wish that no publisher at all ever picks up the Planescape rights, so that they remain unused and planewalker.com can publish free stuff.

I strongly disagree. I appreciate, I really, really appreciated and loved the work of planewalker.com and ps3e.com, but sustain by a huge publisher is just what Planescape objectively needs. And anyway, regardless of what anyone thinks, we can't really expect a valuable intellectual property to be commercially unused forever.

 

[Humanophile]

O.K., but you miss a point...

In planewalker.com there are a bunch of people who are working, and have worked for months, preparing an Official and Free electronic release of PS 3e. It will be a PDF, well, a series of PDF, starting with an introduction to PS 3e and and adventure, and followed by a Campaign set. A well developped work, and a work of love (because it's going to be free) that risk never seeing the light.

I know. And we all remember what happened to those poor people at the Kargatine, getting paid and all that.

I think if WW takes a crack at Planescape, they'll make it a point to include the people who've been working on it this long already. They're smart enough to know the good PR value of it, and I don't see them as people to throw money out reinventing the wheel. (Revised editions aside, and even the intent for that wasn't throwing money out.)

 

[hellbender]

If Planescape is to come back in a published form, I myself would rather it be in the capable hands of Green Ronin over White Wolf. I played White Wolf games for many years, and tired of buying books that had so much that had been cut and pasted from other books, it was like playing the Palladium system. Green Ronin publishes top notch material and with the Legions of Hell and Jade Dragons and Hungry Ghosts books, I believe they have proven that they are capable of pooling the artistic talent and writing skills to piece together excellent material.
With my 2E PS material as a bare bones setting, with homebrew and planewalker.com addons, I am happy enough as is.

hellbender

 

[Fyrie]

The "Planescape: Torment" game did very well, and was very well received. I find it astonishing that they let the license (for the video game at least) go this long.