Horizons: Empire of Istaria Interview
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"We've not just contracted Peter, we've contracted his whole team [Conlan Press]. They've proven themselves to be skilled at working with Peter and helping Peter be successful. Peter's a genius, they're the business... I think we're walking a tightrope of exploration, if we go too far this way or that way, we'll miss our opportunity." But, referring to Beagle's versatility, Bowman noted: "I think with Peter we're working with more of a balance beam than a tightrope. We've broadened our chances of success."
So what does this mean, short term? "We've got about 6 months of new material lined up. We would like to avoid dumping it on the players: bam! here's new monsters, bam! here's a new experience. We like to introduce things through player-interaction and through story-line. He's helping us prep some element of this... he might pull us in a direction we might not have gone before... There have been promises made by the box, by the publisher, by the game. We need to fulfill them. We introduced dragon lairs on Thursday, they're a fulfillment of our promise to let dragons create in the world."
