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<blockquote data-quote="JoeGKushner" data-source="post: 4603256" data-attributes="member: 1129"><p>Without going into the lack of commons for actual player character races...</p><p></p><p>Without going into the lack of realistic scaling for members of the same race (dwarves, I'm looking at you...)</p><p></p><p>Without going into the lack of useful miniatures for the actual game adventures published by your own company (and thank god for Firey Dragon here...)</p><p></p><p>Without going into the poses that are just utterly ridiculous like the owlbear looking for the hug of the many creatures on bended knee looking like they're going to the john...</p><p></p><p>Without going into the quality of the figures that bounced harder than a yo-ball hitting the floor at high velocity...</p><p></p><p>Without going into the lack of containers to carry the things around...</p><p></p><p>Without going into the lack of terrain to build 3-D battles...</p><p></p><p>Without going into the... oddness of using alignments as factions in the first place...</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/dod_gallery/Farmer.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://paizo.com/image/product/catalog/WOC/WOC10760-40_90.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Once you start throwing pig farmers and prisoners into the mix as common figures... well, it pretty much says it's over. Don't cover all the monsters out of the monster manual. Don't make these part of some scenario pack where they actual have a use and are limited. Don't do something creative with these concepts which have a place in many a gamer's table. </p><p></p><p>I could've went with some others like the drunker brawler, etc... but seriously, when I look back at some of the decesions made here, you have to wonder, was there no... "editorial" control?</p><p></p><p>"Gee X, the fans really want more giants and dragons."</p><p></p><p>"No friend, see we need common pig farmers. Look at the Reaper boards. People are begging for more normal miniatures!"</p><p></p><p>"But I thought that we sold these mostly to D&D Miniature Gamers?"</p><p></p><p>"Don't question me! Just do it! And make them look as crappy as possible because people want to repaint and customize them!"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoeGKushner, post: 4603256, member: 1129"] Without going into the lack of commons for actual player character races... Without going into the lack of realistic scaling for members of the same race (dwarves, I'm looking at you...) Without going into the lack of useful miniatures for the actual game adventures published by your own company (and thank god for Firey Dragon here...) Without going into the poses that are just utterly ridiculous like the owlbear looking for the hug of the many creatures on bended knee looking like they're going to the john... Without going into the quality of the figures that bounced harder than a yo-ball hitting the floor at high velocity... Without going into the lack of containers to carry the things around... Without going into the lack of terrain to build 3-D battles... Without going into the... oddness of using alignments as factions in the first place... [IMG]http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/dod_gallery/Farmer.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://paizo.com/image/product/catalog/WOC/WOC10760-40_90.jpeg[/IMG] Once you start throwing pig farmers and prisoners into the mix as common figures... well, it pretty much says it's over. Don't cover all the monsters out of the monster manual. Don't make these part of some scenario pack where they actual have a use and are limited. Don't do something creative with these concepts which have a place in many a gamer's table. I could've went with some others like the drunker brawler, etc... but seriously, when I look back at some of the decesions made here, you have to wonder, was there no... "editorial" control? "Gee X, the fans really want more giants and dragons." "No friend, see we need common pig farmers. Look at the Reaper boards. People are begging for more normal miniatures!" "But I thought that we sold these mostly to D&D Miniature Gamers?" "Don't question me! Just do it! And make them look as crappy as possible because people want to repaint and customize them!" [/QUOTE]
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