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<blockquote data-quote="charlesatan" data-source="post: 3758614" data-attributes="member: 20870"><p>They also said that the action points we know now is different from the action points that's going to be in 4E. For that reason alone I'm reserving judgment. Because as it is, action points can mean anything. In d20 games like True20, it's present and it works. In non-d20 AEG games like 7th Sea, it's also present and works differently more than just "boosting" your roll. So honestly it's a wait-and-see how integrated it will be.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You should listen to the podcast. I saw the original message of the poster and I could see how "D&D Insider is core" can be misconstrued.</p><p></p><p>First off, the question was whether Class XX or Race XX would be in the core books. They answered that there are two ways of defining what core is. The first way is the 3 initial books (PHB, DMG, MM). The second context is how some people use it, which is not-setting specific. (In 3.0/3.5, this would make a book like Complete Warrior "core" but Magic of Faerun not core.) If your definition of core is the latter, then there's a good chance that Class XX or Race XX will be in it. (And while not everyone uses the latter definition, some do. In the same way that some people add in the Expanded Psionics Handbook when they mention "core". Or a general "anything in the SRD" which includes material from the Epic Level Handbook, Manual of the Planes, and Deities and Demigods--books that aren't the big three but aren't setting specific.)</p><p></p><p>So no, D&D Insider and all future supplements aren't core if you as a GM don't want them to be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="charlesatan, post: 3758614, member: 20870"] They also said that the action points we know now is different from the action points that's going to be in 4E. For that reason alone I'm reserving judgment. Because as it is, action points can mean anything. In d20 games like True20, it's present and it works. In non-d20 AEG games like 7th Sea, it's also present and works differently more than just "boosting" your roll. So honestly it's a wait-and-see how integrated it will be. You should listen to the podcast. I saw the original message of the poster and I could see how "D&D Insider is core" can be misconstrued. First off, the question was whether Class XX or Race XX would be in the core books. They answered that there are two ways of defining what core is. The first way is the 3 initial books (PHB, DMG, MM). The second context is how some people use it, which is not-setting specific. (In 3.0/3.5, this would make a book like Complete Warrior "core" but Magic of Faerun not core.) If your definition of core is the latter, then there's a good chance that Class XX or Race XX will be in it. (And while not everyone uses the latter definition, some do. In the same way that some people add in the Expanded Psionics Handbook when they mention "core". Or a general "anything in the SRD" which includes material from the Epic Level Handbook, Manual of the Planes, and Deities and Demigods--books that aren't the big three but aren't setting specific.) So no, D&D Insider and all future supplements aren't core if you as a GM don't want them to be. [/QUOTE]
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