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Neverwinter CS = First RPG book to focus on a city EVER?!

Started by Benoist, August 11, 2011, 09:44:05 PM

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Benoist

August 11, 2011, 09:44:05 PM
From the WotC press release:

QuoteNeverwinter Campaign Setting – The Neverwinter Campaign Setting is the ultimate encyclopedia on the inner workings of the city of Neverwinter, containing everything from history and geography to character themes.  It is the first-ever RPG book focused solely on one city and conveniently presents Neverwinter content in a single hardcover format containing information for both players and DMs.

What the fuck?

crkrueger

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August 11, 2011, 09:45:51 PM
Quote from: Benoist;473256From the WotC press release:



What the fuck?
Yeah that's pretty fucking hilarious.  Even the 4vengers have to be facepalming at that one.
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Benoist

#2
August 11, 2011, 09:54:19 PM
What kind of assclown writes this?

IceBlinkLuck

#3
August 11, 2011, 10:02:41 PM
Quote from: Benoist;473259What kind of assclown writes this?

My guess? Someone who isn't very familiar with D&D. Probably someone who is writing the press release from the talking points of a meeting.
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#4
August 11, 2011, 10:14:10 PM
Quote from: CRKrueger;473257Yeah that's pretty fucking hilarious.  Even the 4vengers have to be facepalming at that one.

No, the 4vengers are defending it and making excuses for it.

Koltar

#5
August 11, 2011, 10:17:40 PM
Did they forget about Waterdeep ? Tredroy? ...and at least a dozen others?


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August 11, 2011, 10:20:26 PM
I think this was ment to say first 4th edition campaign book focused on a city but the idiots who wrote it messed p and nobody would admit the fault so they just went ahead and released it figuring the only people who would complain probably dont play 4e anyway so dont matter.

nezach

#7
August 11, 2011, 10:22:10 PM
A charitable explanation is they forgot a "this" in the ad copy. As in "...focused solely on this one city." Or something like that.

The Assclown explanation is that they don't give a crap about the history RPGs, or even their own IP and just write whatever the hell they think will sell units.

There's a vast excluded middle in there as well.
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Benoist

#8
August 11, 2011, 10:46:43 PM
From there on RPGnet:

QuoteI e-mailed them about this yesterday. I got a reply from customer service explaining that Neverwinter was the first single book focused on a single city, all previous efforts had been boxed sets.

I pointed out half a dozen counterexamples, including one from their own company, and they replied that they had "forwarded [my] feedback to the appropriate team."

Edit: Based on this response, it wasn't a typo. They actually claimed that a single book focusing on a single city was some new innovation to the field of roleplaying.

WotC? You guys are brilliant. Brilliant. Bravo.

Zachary The First

#9
August 11, 2011, 10:50:23 PM
No sense of history.

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#10
August 11, 2011, 11:15:16 PM
The latest in a string of bumblings that make me feel like I'm watching a movie where Chris Farley's character has inherited the company that publishes D&D...
Yeah, but who gives a fuck? You? Jibba?

Well congrats. No one else gives a shit, so your arguments are a waste of breath.

danbuter

#11
August 11, 2011, 11:22:56 PM
WotC loves revisionist history. Didn't they say last year that Forgotten Realms was the first campaign setting?
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#12
August 11, 2011, 11:26:24 PM
Quote from: danbuter;473272WotC loves revisionist history. Didn't they say last year that Forgotten Realms was the first campaign setting?
In the 4E PHB actually, back in 2008. But yeah, that's a pattern.

Planet Algol

#13
August 11, 2011, 11:38:51 PM
Poor Judges Guild.
Yeah, but who gives a fuck? You? Jibba?

Well congrats. No one else gives a shit, so your arguments are a waste of breath.

estar

#14
August 11, 2011, 11:40:56 PM
Quote from: Planet Algol;473278Poor Judges Guild.

Both versions, the original and Necromancers. This whole thing is insipid even for Wizards.
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