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<blockquote data-quote="occam" data-source="post: 5524177" data-attributes="member: 39815"><p>By my count, the new warpriest domain, hexblade pact, and mage schools take up 13 out of 159 pages, according to the table of contents. <em>Everything else in the book</em> looks to be directly playable by someone who owns <em>only</em> the Player's Handbook.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No, it's not an Essentials book because it doesn't say "Essentials" on the cover. Essentials was a line of products, not a fundamental change in the game. In the same way, <em>Arcane Power</em> was not a Forgotten Realms book, even though it included support for the swordmage.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>(I would dispute your notion of "copious" -- see above.)</p><p></p><p>It makes no difference because it's a nonsensical distinction. <em>Heroes of Shadow</em> is no more an "Essentials" book than <em>Arcane Power</em> is a Forgotten Realms book. If you want to call <em>Arcane Power</em> an FR book because it included support for swordmages, fine, you can call <em>Heroes of Shadow</em> an Essentials book. It doesn't matter; whether you call it "Essentials" or not, the fact is that the vast majority of the book's contents is usable even if you never bought a single product from the Essentials line.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No, I don't. I really don't know what you were expecting, but based on the comments from WotC folks, this is about exactly what I expected to see in this book.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="occam, post: 5524177, member: 39815"] By my count, the new warpriest domain, hexblade pact, and mage schools take up 13 out of 159 pages, according to the table of contents. [i]Everything else in the book[/i] looks to be directly playable by someone who owns [i]only[/i] the Player's Handbook. No, it's not an Essentials book because it doesn't say "Essentials" on the cover. Essentials was a line of products, not a fundamental change in the game. In the same way, [i]Arcane Power[/i] was not a Forgotten Realms book, even though it included support for the swordmage. (I would dispute your notion of "copious" -- see above.) It makes no difference because it's a nonsensical distinction. [i]Heroes of Shadow[/i] is no more an "Essentials" book than [i]Arcane Power[/i] is a Forgotten Realms book. If you want to call [i]Arcane Power[/i] an FR book because it included support for swordmages, fine, you can call [i]Heroes of Shadow[/i] an Essentials book. It doesn't matter; whether you call it "Essentials" or not, the fact is that the vast majority of the book's contents is usable even if you never bought a single product from the Essentials line. No, I don't. I really don't know what you were expecting, but based on the comments from WotC folks, this is about exactly what I expected to see in this book. [/QUOTE]
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