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Message: <blockquote data-quote="johnsemlak" data-source="post: 1292524" data-attributes="member: 7233">For me the company that's really been atrocious this year has been Wizards of the Coast.I mean, The Book of Exalted Deeds, Draconomicon, and Underdark, those are among the worst books on my gaming shelf.  Just look at those books' authors--James Wyatt, Andy Collins, Skip Williams, Bruce Cordell (et. al.).  That alone should tell you how bad they are.WotC's artwork has been bothering me lately.  Sam Wood and Tom Lockwood--I mean, who would choose them to illustrate their books?  And I'm really bothered by WotC's full color books, it's beginning to hurt my eyes.WotC also seem to have a real poor understanding of 3.5e mechanics.  Their PrCs and feats are soooooo out of wack.  I far prefer the balence of those found in 3rd party products.Speaking of Feats, PrCs, and other crunch, I feel that WotC have really steered to far in that direction at the expense of flavor.  I mean, WotC is the only company putting out books stuffed with PrCs, feats, spells, etc.  Third party publishers are doing otherwise--they have realized  that nobody wants such products.Finally, I'm a bit worried about WotC's bindings.  I've heard that other d20 publishers have been good enough to replace a book if the binding falls apart.  However, none of my WotC books have had binding problems, so I don't know if WotC will replace one if needed.  This really keeps me awake at night.</blockquote>

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