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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kichwas" data-source="post: 19102" data-attributes="member: 891">I tend to menatally lump all the SSS labels under the same package myself. So I don't see a Necromancer - Sword Sorcery - Fiery distinction anymore.Especially Since Fiery changed it's cover artists to be more like the SSS / Necromancer ones. On the shelf their products all blend together to me.I also don't put much stock in anyone who's just doing modules.Nor anyone who's starting up a new setting.I think the water's already a bit thick in these two areas.So...As far as d20 people are concerned I think Mongoose is the one who will be really shaking things up.The Quintessential series that just started coming out with the new Fighter book shows some very interesting signs for where they could take things.They've already completely flipped the tables on the possibilities for d20 magic. Much like Sovereign Press, save Sovereign has gotten a lot less notice for their works (despite being three of the biggest names in the fantasy hobby: Elmore, Weis, Hickman. Interesting how that's panned out).But who can say...Before Gen Con 2001 Mongoose was a non entity on the radar screen and I doubt even they thought anyone would know who they were by now.As an aside; as far as who's products I've really liked, the list has many houses.Kenzer, FFG, Atlas, AEG, Sovereign, Mongoose and others...Even finally WotC once Wheel of Time got into my hands.By chance a few days back when I was buying the latest two Mongoose books I happened upon a book by Archangel Studios called Dramatis Personae.I don't normally buy NPC collections. But this was was very interesting. It's their only d20 product. The people behind it normally make comic books under another label. However because of that fact the art and graphic design of the book was very well done. If nothing else if this company decides to pursue a d20 line they will make a very strong visual impact with illustrators and graphic designers that can easily rival most of the d20 crowd and all but the best of WotC's artists (WotC's design people can be beat by almost anyone in the d20 market...).That last bit is just an example to say that the future is highly unpredictable. In a few months we could all be looking at some completely new entry into the field with a product none of us even considered before knocking all of our collective socks off.Or not.</blockquote>

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