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Xysma
Master of Realmslore
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 Posted - 19 Aug 2006 : 05:08:11
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
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Originally posted by Faraer
I hope Richard does expand on the objection to Volo's Guides -- I'm not sure Wizards ever spelled out what it is. Dungeons wouldn't be more 'useful', they're DM only. Don't adventurers visit inns and taverns and buy equipment more often than they get involved with rulers and armies? Haven't the guides been more helpful for computer game designers than high-level overviews? Don't they convey the atmosphere of regions better than other sourcebooks? Am I being thick here?
No, I think you are right about this. I loved the Volo Guides.
I agree, I run 3.5 and I still use the Volo's Guides. They are excellent for fleshing out an area, they make things far more interesting than "you walk into a tavern that is exactly like every other tavern you ever walked into"  The only reason I can come up with for WotC not supporting new Volo's Guides would be lack of crunch. It seems the mindset now is that no crunch = not useful. |
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Xysma
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 19 Aug 2006 : 07:06:26
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The Volo guides are among the gaming material I use most; both for campaign planning and realms enjoyment. I don't think well see more though; to WOtC defence, I can actually see that releasing a product that rule-less would be a sure way of reducing the potential buyers. I would love it, but two thirds of the buyers might not.
I am pleasantly surprised at the level of unity at the WOtC page, how often have there been three pages of posting there without it becoming an argument? Maybe we might see some changes after all. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 19 Aug 2006 : 17:59:29
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Originally posted by Xysma
By the way, thanks to KEJR for taking the time to so adequately summarize what so many of us want in our Realms products.
Indeed. It would have taken me quite some time to come up with that, and I still don't know that I'd've stated it as well. |
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
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Posted - 26 Aug 2006 : 16:17:27
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Bumping the thing up in case some people haven't noticed it yet 
Let's hope we can achieve something |
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