Web enhancement
A web enhancement is a bonus expansion to a role-playing game product, that can be read and/or downloaded from the website of the company that published the role-playing product it is associated with.
Concept
The web enhancement concept was created by Sue Weinlein Cook, who was an editor at Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TSR) and later the brand manager at Wizards of the Coast (WotC). There is a common belief that web enhancements are created from content cut from the published products, but many of them are specifically commissioned as bonus material.[http://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2742#p36398 Monte Cook writes about bonus online content in a reply to a thread at The Piazza role-playing forums].
Wizards of the Coast
=Dungeons & Dragons=
More than 90 web enhancements were created for Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition role-playing game products. Some products had more than one web enhancement created for them.Wizards of the Coast's [https://web.archive.org/web/20041012202401/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/arch/we Web Enhancement Archive] for 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons.
=Wheel of Time=
At one time Wizards of the Coast had a licence to create material for The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game and created at least one web enhancement for it.[https://web.archive.org/web/20020806153445/http://www.wizards.com/wheeloftime/article.asp?x=wx20011204b More of The Wheel of Time! A Web Enhancement for The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game] archived copy at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
=d20 Modern=
At least seven web enhancements were created for products in the d20 Modern product line.Wizards of the Coast's [https://web.archive.org/web/20040405152640/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/wea/full Web Enhancement Archive] for d20 Modern.
Other companies
Several other role-playing publishers also started to produce online documents that they refer to as web enhancements. These include: Green Ronin,{{cite web|url=http://www.greenronin.com/freeport/2011/07/buccaneers_of_freeport_free_3r.php|title=Buccaneers of Freeport: Free 3rd Era and True20 Web Enhancements|publisher=|accessdate=3 December 2017}} Fantasy Flight Games,[http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_foros_discusion.asp?efid=1&efcid=2&efidt=28371 Disciples of the Dark Gods Web Enhancement] for Dark Heresy. and Paizo.[http://paizo.com/paizo/blog/tags/webEnhancement Paizo Blog pages tagged with 'Web Enhancement'].
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20041012202401/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/arch/we Wizards of the Coast: Web Enhancement Archive (for 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040405152640/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/wea/full Wizards of the Coast: Web Enhancements Archive (for d20 Modern)]