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Jamallo Kreen
Master of Realmslore
   
USA
1537 Posts |
Posted - 17 Feb 2008 : 12:15:52
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Poll Question:
Do you intend to buy any 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons product?
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Daviot
Senior Scribe
  
USA
372 Posts |
Posted - 17 Feb 2008 : 12:45:42
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I vote for "Maybe, on upon seeing the final result", but that apparently wasn't an option.  |
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Fillow
Master of Realmslore
   
France
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silverwizard
Seeker

Greece
76 Posts |
Posted - 17 Feb 2008 : 13:24:34
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Maybe, depending on how it will look like. However, it has to be very, very good to reverse this feeling of indifference that I currently experience. |
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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
   
Germany
1720 Posts |
Posted - 17 Feb 2008 : 13:50:09
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Sorry, no! Ihave no intent to use that materiel. I might take a look into it at the local game store but will not spent one cent on it. |
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Zanan
Senior Scribe
  
Germany
942 Posts |
Posted - 17 Feb 2008 : 13:55:48
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Add: Buy only FR products which intrigues me!, and you get my vote. Editions as such have never ruled my love for the Realms |
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GRYPHON
Senior Scribe
  
USA
527 Posts |
Posted - 17 Feb 2008 : 14:49:25
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Maybe the FR Guide...but nothing else. |
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BARDOBARBAROS
Senior Scribe
  
Greece
581 Posts |
Posted - 17 Feb 2008 : 15:16:34
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Maybe the FR staff... but I want to see the changes first and then I will decide if I will buy the Fr books...
So i will vote the third option (because is the option more similar to my opinion) |
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SiCK_Boy
Acolyte
Canada
40 Posts |
Posted - 17 Feb 2008 : 16:09:55
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It should have been a Yes or No poll focusing only on the FR, not the whole DnD 4E. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
    
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 17 Feb 2008 : 22:53:13
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Yes. I'm definitely planning to buy 4E Core products. In fact, I already have bought two of them--the two preview books. |
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Edited by - Rinonalyrna Fathomlin on 17 Feb 2008 22:54:37 |
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Victor_ograygor
Master of Realmslore
   
Denmark
1076 Posts |
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Purple Dragon Knight
Master of Realmslore
   
Canada
1796 Posts |
Posted - 18 Feb 2008 : 07:36:50
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Nope! not at all! ever!  |
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dirtywick
Seeker

69 Posts |
Posted - 18 Feb 2008 : 07:51:37
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Working on the video game side of things, the rules are not much use to me, they're hard coded into the engine. The lore, though, I'm sure will be of use to me. If I like a particular aspect of 4E FR, I may make a small module focused on it. My next project I've begun planning a bit will be using lore from all times in FR history, ancient past and 4E time jump future, using small story arcs. It will be fun to explore it a little bit doing that, and doing so will require buying some 4E materials for just the lore.
I might not like it all, but I'll cherry pick the things I do. |
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TheLemming
Acolyte
Austria
16 Posts |
Posted - 18 Feb 2008 : 09:40:35
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Interesting, the general attitude seems to me quite different from the "official" fr board @ wizards
For me the 4th edition of FR does not seem very promising so far, but I'll for sure give it a chance, the ruleset for 4e will be a definitiv buy for me - sounds quite promising as far as I can tell. |
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Jamallo Kreen
Master of Realmslore
   
USA
1537 Posts |
Posted - 18 Feb 2008 : 12:01:16
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quote: Originally posted by TheLemming
Interesting, the general attitude seems to me quite different from the "official" fr board @ wizards
For me the 4th edition of FR does not seem very promising so far, but I'll for sure give it a chance, the ruleset for 4e will be a definitiv buy for me - sounds quite promising as far as I can tell.
That's why I've called this "THE Definitive 3E Survey" -- there's no tricky wording, just yes, no, and "this item only." What is the "official" attitude over there, anyway? I never bother to check.
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Jorkens
Great Reader
    
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 18 Feb 2008 : 18:38:16
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I have no plans for buying any newer products, so I guess it is alternative two, even if it is formulated a bit to bombasic for my taste. |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
    
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 18 Feb 2008 : 21:36:18
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quote: Originally posted by Daviot
I vote for "Maybe, on upon seeing the final result", but that apparently wasn't an option. 
I also will have to vote this. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief

    
USA
36910 Posts |
Posted - 18 Feb 2008 : 22:14:23
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quote: Originally posted by HawkinstheDM
quote: Originally posted by Daviot
I vote for "Maybe, on upon seeing the final result", but that apparently wasn't an option. 
I also will have to vote this.
That would be my choice, as well. I don't think something can be considered a definitive poll when viable choices are excluded. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
    
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 19 Feb 2008 : 02:07:13
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quote: Originally posted by Jamallo Kreen What is the "official" attitude over there, anyway? I never bother to check.
I don't think there is an "official" attitude where fans are concerned. |
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DDH_101
Master of Realmslore
   
Canada
1272 Posts |
Posted - 19 Feb 2008 : 07:38:40
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I'm guessing you can't really have an official attitude until the final product comes out and then we can sorta base it on people's reviews and sales.
I mean, right now it's sort of basing a movie on just trailers and screenshots. Lol. |
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Zanan
Senior Scribe
  
Germany
942 Posts |
Posted - 19 Feb 2008 : 09:15:20
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quote: Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Yes. I'm definitely planning to buy 4E Core products. In fact, I already have bought two of them--the two preview books.
Off to the temple of Loviatar with you then!
BTW, you all know that the SRDs 4E will be out for free once all the Core books are out, don't you? |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
    
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 19 Feb 2008 : 12:47:09
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Well probably the core ones and the FR stuff (for now at least) but my 3.o and 3.5 edition library was expensive, so WOTC you suck |
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DDH_101
Master of Realmslore
   
Canada
1272 Posts |
Posted - 19 Feb 2008 : 17:10:59
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I think we're going to be seeing an increase of downloads of FR products in pdfs when 4E arrives...
Who knows? Maybe this will be like the music industry, where people get fed up and just go illegally download stuff. |
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StarBog
Learned Scribe
 
United Kingdom
152 Posts |
Posted - 22 Feb 2008 : 10:27:41
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I'll probably buy them for "research purposes", and then filter back the best bits into my 3e Realms. ;-)
I am aware of course, that such a course of action (giving Hasbro money in this case) will render any criticism of Hasbro rather moot. |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
    
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 22 Feb 2008 : 11:55:15
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quote: Originally posted by DDH_101
I think we're going to be seeing an increase of downloads of FR products in pdfs when 4E arrives...
Who knows? Maybe this will be like the music industry, where people get fed up and just go illegally download stuff.
Or Hasbro should sell the PDFs and see how much money those bring in.... |
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tenacious1
Acolyte
21 Posts |
Posted - 22 Feb 2008 : 14:57:49
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I reserve the right to change my mind, but at this point, I'm def not buying anything 4e (FR or otherwise). The ONLY thing I can foresee myself buying are the occasional novels. However, if they manage to spin this into something good, I may buy... but it doesn't smell like any of that is going to happen. |
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tenacious1
Acolyte
21 Posts |
Posted - 22 Feb 2008 : 14:58:40
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I reserve the right to change my mind, but at this point, I'm def not buying anything 4e (FR or otherwise). The ONLY thing I can foresee myself buying are the occasional novels. However, if they manage to spin this into something good, I may buy... but it doesn't smell like any of that is going to happen. |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
    
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 22 Feb 2008 : 17:22:02
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quote: Originally posted by StarBog
I'll probably buy them for "research purposes", and then filter back the best bits into my 3e Realms. ;-)
I am aware of course, that such a course of action (giving Hasbro money in this case) will render any criticism of Hasbro rather moot.
SO wait a few months to find them used online, then you do not have to worry about "voting with your wallet." |
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DestroyYouAlot
Seeker

USA
69 Posts |
Posted - 22 Feb 2008 : 22:49:05
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I've already bought my last Realms product from Wizards - the timeline book. (Great product, BTW.) The next time I visit the Realms, it'll be with HackMaster rules, and I'll be rolling the timeline back to that of the Grey Box. How much of what's been published since then (short of FR1, FR5, and UM) I can't say. (I'll keep what I like, change what I don't. The way Ed's been urging us to do since the damn thing came out.) |
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Taurren
Acolyte
USA
12 Posts |
Posted - 24 Feb 2008 : 06:21:07
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At this moment in time, no.
WotC is taking 4E in a direction that doesn't appear to support the type of game that I enjoy playing. Add that to the butchering they did to Faerun, and I have very little incentive to buy any 4E books.
There is a different set of hands at the helm and they have a new target market in their sights that unfortunately doesn't include me. |
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Brunswick
Acolyte
Ireland
21 Posts |
Posted - 25 Feb 2008 : 11:27:54
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I certainly have no intention of buying the 4th Edition Realms book simply because my players and I are very happy playing the Realms as is. I may take a peek at the new book in the Game store but only out of idle curiosity.
As regards the 4th Edition rules themselves; again, myself and my players are happy with 3.5 and, as almost everyone in the Group has a PHB and one or more other 3.5 books, we dont really feel that there is any need to change, just because of a "new and shiny" edition.
Lets face it, it'll be 5th Edition in a few years, and everyone will be back to square one. |
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