Thread: Appeal to SJG
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Old 03-18-2011, 05:59 PM   #6
Gizensha
 
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Default Re: Appeal to SJG

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Originally Posted by dgrm4 View Post
Before you discontinue the GURPS hardbacks...could you find it in your hearts to release 2 more?

1. Monsters/Creatures. Catalog of many many creatures and also a Gurps system on how to build our own. This should also include info about Robots as a creature type.
As becomes evident on any of the various beastiary threads, the problem with a beastiary as a hardback is that... Everyone wants a different thing from a beastiary. Some want DF monsters, some want natural (but fictional) creatures using stat blocks, some want real creatures using stat blocks, some want natural (but fictional) creatures with costs and templates, and some want real creatures with costs and templates. PDF really is the only way of catering for all five (but the stat blocks/templates aren't mutually exclusive, I think) of these groups without disappointing others due to, well, for every DF-style monster added there's space for (at least) one less natural creature, for every natural creature there's (at least) one less space for a real animal, and for every real animal there's (at least) one less space for a DF-style Monster.

...And some nutcases want ecological notes that serve as a cheat-sheet for building a fictional ecosystem using GURPS that eyeballs at reasonable seeming... Something tells me that we're the group most likely to be disappointed...
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