What about D&D 3.75e??

I do read regularly on these boards people wondering about the fourth edition of D&D. However, so far my impression is that those people are very rarely interested in a new edition of the game, but are rather afraid that WotC would have to publish a new edition of the game to keep their business running, and that would make all those 3.5 books obsolete.

In fact, my own suggestion is this one: if WotC has to sell more books, why not just make a second printing of the exact same 3.5 rules, just changing art and layout. I mean, exactly as was the case when the 2nd edition AD&D books were printed a second time with the black cover hardbacks. In fact I did buy all of them, although all my first printing books were in excellent condition. So, I guess that if WotC would make a second printing of the same 3.5 rules with new layout, new art, and new type of cover, many people would buy them, yet they wouldn't anger anyone with rendering their collections "obsolete".

At least, while I certainly don't want a 4e D&D, I would be much more willing to buy the same with totally different art and layout. Maybe I am a weirdo...

With that 2nd Printing

With that 2nd Printing they can re-release all the old material converted to 3.5. All the support books, like the EPIC for one (with a major revision of it), the numerous FR Books, Arms & Equipment. They have a whole slew of items people would crawl over each other to get them in a 3.5 converted format.

there is a second printing of the PHB.

it costs $75 in the US.

and has a leather cover.

it'd be nice to see an updated PHB with bwetter lay out, better examples of the rules, and better organized.

TheYeti1775 said:

With that 2nd Printing they can re-release all the old material converted to 3.5. All the support books, like the EPIC for one (with a major revision of it), the numerous FR Books, Arms & Equipment. They have a whole slew of items people would crawl over each other to get them in a 3.5 converted format.

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So my idea is not so stupid after all!

Diaglo said:

there is a second printing of the PHB.

it costs $75 in the US.

and has a leather cover.

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Just the leather cover being different is certainly not enough for me to buy the book again. I want everything different, much like when AD&D 2e printing was everything different from the first, yet had the same texts.

Well, that depends.

If they could get it out with 0 errors and fix all the errors and errata in the current book, sure, why not.

Althought there would still be crying. "Man, if I had known this was coming out five years after I purchsed my book, I wouldn't have bought it!"

I kind of like my Mongoose OGL Player handbook and DM Guide over the WotC books.

Let them cry

After five years, they would have pen changed their own books anyways.

Incorporating the Errata, and some new art would go a long way into the ability to resell these items, not just adding leather and doubling the price.
Keep the price the same, standard covers, add errata, and new art.
Make limited editions of the Leather PHB, DMG, & MMI.
And the olive branch to all the 1E players still out there or just the ones who would buy it out of nostigla ?sp?, a limited edition reprint of the 1e PHB, DMG, & MMI, heck call it DnD Classic, use all the original art and all with it as well, maybe add some color to it that's it though. I would buy all the above.
And I will say again as I've said before offical conversions of the most popular modules / module series would be great as well.

Bill
The Yeti
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I'm looking forward to Return of the Son of edition 3.82_b_01_alpha Mark II (modified) Part A

That's the one where we get hit locations, no monks, gnomes are optional, assasins are a core class, and llamas are a paladin's chosen mount.

BiggusGeekus said:

I'm looking forward to Return of the Son of edition 3.82_b_01_alpha Mark II (modified) Part A

That's the one where we get hit locations, no monks, gnomes are optional, assasins are a core class, and llamas are a paladin's chosen mount.

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