Quote Originally Posted by Kurald Galain View Post
Yes. Good fluff sells a game. D&D is probably the only RPG that can still sell if it doesn't have good fluff in its core books, but that doesn't mean people want it to.
Yeah, in my experience good fluff will save bad mechanics more often than the reverse. A game with good fluff will still attract players even if the mechanics are bad, because it just looks cool. See pretty much all of the old World of Darkness games. They've got some of the most vague and inconsistent rules I've ever seen, but they still draw loads of players because of the setting and atmosphere.