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<blockquote data-quote="SSquirrel" data-source="post: 4135358" data-attributes="member: 5202"><p>Well I would assume that people who ignore WotC's books and go for alternate games like M&M, Arcana Evolved, Iron Heroes, True 20 etc would be bad for their business b/c none of those books refer you back to the core rulebooks. So those would be right out. Campaign settings can easily point back to the core books for base classes and such, most of the actual rules of the game etc, thus focusing on the fluff and mentioning any tweaks to standard rules that need made (ex. no Dragonborn, no Paladins). So campaign settings should be good to go.</p><p></p><p>Adventures would pretty clearly point right back to the core books and thus help their business. Books of new rules and classes like WotC's own Unearthed Arcana would be good as you need the core of the game to use the tweaks and new classes. So basically, alternate PHBs and maybe things like sexually explicit material seem to be the only things I could see as bad for their business of selling the core books and/or coloring the view of the game by the general public.</p><p></p><p>Clark, would you say this is a fair summary of what you think they might be pondering as far as what is and isn't helpful to thier sales totals?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SSquirrel, post: 4135358, member: 5202"] Well I would assume that people who ignore WotC's books and go for alternate games like M&M, Arcana Evolved, Iron Heroes, True 20 etc would be bad for their business b/c none of those books refer you back to the core rulebooks. So those would be right out. Campaign settings can easily point back to the core books for base classes and such, most of the actual rules of the game etc, thus focusing on the fluff and mentioning any tweaks to standard rules that need made (ex. no Dragonborn, no Paladins). So campaign settings should be good to go. Adventures would pretty clearly point right back to the core books and thus help their business. Books of new rules and classes like WotC's own Unearthed Arcana would be good as you need the core of the game to use the tweaks and new classes. So basically, alternate PHBs and maybe things like sexually explicit material seem to be the only things I could see as bad for their business of selling the core books and/or coloring the view of the game by the general public. Clark, would you say this is a fair summary of what you think they might be pondering as far as what is and isn't helpful to thier sales totals? [/QUOTE]
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