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<blockquote data-quote="JoeGKushner" data-source="post: 3855733" data-attributes="member: 1129">Perhaps I'm mistaken but didn't most of the time line (research) for the FR book come from a certain website? (Candlekeep no?)And reused art? Including Warforged no? So resued and sloppy use of art no?This book was 160 pages, same size format as the gaming books. This isn't designed as an aid for FR fiction readers. If it was, better to say like DK publishing handle something of that nature or some of those nice companies that do the various Atlas books.The gaming books, mostly with new art (a few reuses here and there but few if any that I recall that are all resued art) and at 160 pages for the same price. New art, new game mechanics and new text. For the same price.So no, wizards should lower the price because people can get a lot of the same information for free and one of the things that draws people to these books, the art, is resued. If they could lower the price on the Rules Compendium, they could've done the same thing here.&quot;The Grand History of the Realms chronicles the rich history of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, presenting a detailed timeline accompanied by essays from Elminster of Shadowdale and other Realmslore experts. Although not a game supplement, it serves as a handy reference guide for players and Dungeon Masters seeking information on specific historical events. In addition, the book features an exclusive Forgotten Realms short story by best-selling author R.A. Salvatore and new revelations for Realmslore aficionados.&quot;That's a description from Amazon. Apparently many have noted that there is actually no short story. And yet it's been in that write up form for months so WoTC has been too... busy to correct even that error.Damn shame.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JoeGKushner, post: 3855733, member: 1129"] Perhaps I'm mistaken but didn't most of the time line (research) for the FR book come from a certain website? (Candlekeep no?) And reused art? Including Warforged no? So resued and sloppy use of art no? This book was 160 pages, same size format as the gaming books. This isn't designed as an aid for FR fiction readers. If it was, better to say like DK publishing handle something of that nature or some of those nice companies that do the various Atlas books. The gaming books, mostly with new art (a few reuses here and there but few if any that I recall that are all resued art) and at 160 pages for the same price. New art, new game mechanics and new text. For the same price. So no, wizards should lower the price because people can get a lot of the same information for free and one of the things that draws people to these books, the art, is resued. If they could lower the price on the Rules Compendium, they could've done the same thing here. "The Grand History of the Realms chronicles the rich history of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, presenting a detailed timeline accompanied by essays from Elminster of Shadowdale and other Realmslore experts. Although not a game supplement, it serves as a handy reference guide for players and Dungeon Masters seeking information on specific historical events. In addition, the book features an exclusive Forgotten Realms short story by best-selling author R.A. Salvatore and new revelations for Realmslore aficionados." That's a description from Amazon. Apparently many have noted that there is actually no short story. And yet it's been in that write up form for months so WoTC has been too... busy to correct even that error. Damn shame. [/QUOTE]

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