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5 months ago ::
Jan 16, 2013 - 2:08PM
#251
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As it matures a quality hardcover book every 6 months is reasonable. Adventure paths and campaign materials and supplements monthly is desireable.
if D&D follows the Paizo model it will be a success. Don't overly focus on internal digital content and offerings, let hero lab do the character generator and make a free SRD like the PRD. The D&D compendium shouldn't be behind a pay wall. Pay wall D&D is really an anathema to the TRPG genre.
know your audience
"If it's not a conjuration, how did the wizard
con·jure/ˈkänjər/Verb
1. Make (something) appear unexpectedly or seemingly from nowhere as if by magic.
it?" -anon
"Why don't you read fire·ball / fī(-ə)r-ˌbȯl/ and see if you can find the key word con.jure /'kən-ˈju̇r/ anywhere in it."
-Maxperson
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5 months ago ::
Jan 16, 2013 - 3:13PM
#252
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Date Joined:
Dec 21, 2012
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A book of races would be purchased By most players as a useful resource.
I disagree. i think it would be a niche product for a niche market. The only way it wouldwork is if you forced people to buy a book of 500 races to get elf, dwarf, halfling, and/or human. And then you'd be causing a ton of resentment.
According to Paizo at PaizoCon 2012 the Advanced race guide filled with weird, strange, and odd non-standard races seems to have been adopted quite successfully amongst the Paizo customer base. Niche product when rolled out as a big comprehensive resource? I think not.
Oh yeah I LOVE ARG from Pathfinder! I built my very own fey :D
I think it makes for a lot of fun for the players and the DM to build their own villain if they want something special. Also it allows for creating a more exotic race. Personally, its the best splat book because its extremely useful. If your players want fey then you can tell them how much rp to use and they can build their own. If they want a gnome or elf with abilities to be swapped then you can do that as well. Its a great book and would be amazing if WoTC created a similar one.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 16, 2013 - 3:22PM
#253
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Date Joined:
May 24, 2012
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A book of races would be purchased By most players as a useful resource.
I disagree. i think it would be a niche product for a niche market. The only way it wouldwork is if you forced people to buy a book of 500 races to get elf, dwarf, halfling, and/or human. And then you'd be causing a ton of resentment.
According to Paizo at PaizoCon 2012 the Advanced race guide filled with weird, strange, and odd non-standard races seems to have been adopted quite successfully amongst the Paizo customer base. Niche product when rolled out as a big comprehensive resource? I think not.
Oh yeah I LOVE ARG from Pathfinder! I built my very own fey :D
I think it makes for a lot of fun for the players and the DM to build their own villain if they want something special. Also it allows for creating a more exotic race. Personally, its the best splat book because its extremely useful. If your players want fey then you can tell them how much rp to use and they can build their own. If they want a gnome or elf with abilities to be swapped then you can do that as well. Its a great book and would be amazing if WoTC created a similar one.
Yeah, the ARG has been tons of fun and pretty well balanced too as a guideline for homebrew. I've made tons of weird spelljammer and planescape style races that I hope see use in a space/time travel campaign I want to run (I might switch it over to D&D Next if the campaign continues for a while)
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(Keep D&D alive, end the edition wars!)
"And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Disclaimer: Most of my posts are based on opinions (and are sometimes humorous, other times inspirational)
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5 months ago ::
Jan 16, 2013 - 5:34PM
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Date Joined:
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As long as dragonborn are still a core race I'll be very happy. I'd like to see some "monster" races available from the start to shake things up a bit.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 16, 2013 - 5:36PM
#255
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Oh yeah I LOVE ARG from Pathfinder! I built my very own fey :D
I think it makes for a lot of fun for the players and the DM to build their own villain if they want something special. Also it allows for creating a more exotic race. Personally, its the best splat book because its extremely useful. If your players want fey then you can tell them how much rp to use and they can build their own. If they want a gnome or elf with abilities to be swapped then you can do that as well. Its a great book and would be amazing if WoTC created a similar one.
Indeed. A series of good 'build your own' books for classes, races and such would be very welcome.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 16, 2013 - 5:37PM
#256
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Jun 22, 2008
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As long as dragonborn are still a core race I'll be very happy. I'd like to see some "monster" races available from the start to shake things up a bit.
As long as dragonborns have tails. I just can't picture a dragon without a tail. Make them non-functional but give them a tail. Anything that looks like a lizard should have a tail.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 16, 2013 - 5:38PM
#257
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Date Joined:
Aug 15, 2011
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As long as dragonborn are still a core race I'll be very happy. I'd like to see some "monster" races available from the start to shake things up a bit.
As long as dragonborns have tails. I just can't picture a dragon without a tail. Make them non-functional but give them a tail. Anything that looks like a lizard should have a tail.
So, just give yours a tail. Problem solved. If it's purely cosmetic, it's just fluff, and your dragonborn can look like whatever you want.
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