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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 5098575" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>Cool. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /></p><p></p><p>I totally understand the playtest idea.</p><p></p><p>But here's the rub.</p><p></p><p>Once it goes into Character Builder as PHB III material, it's not going to change. The book has already been sent to the printer.</p><p></p><p>Can they have a last minute "Hold the Presses" change? Possibly. But the cost to have a print change is huge. It would have to be something monumental and WotC is not going to do that since they have an errata process.</p><p></p><p>Even if they have errata on it, they already have errata on every approved source.</p><p></p><p>The Ardent and Hybrid and other PHB III material in Character Builder today is the exact same material that will come out in PHB III with one possible exception. If they have official errata on the material, the errata might actually show up in Character Builder early.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If we were talking material that is malleable (outside of early errata), then I would think that Velmont has a point. We are not. We are talking about material that WotC stamped approval on months ago. WotC is not (significantly) working on PHB III material anymore, they have moved on.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I see playtest material as material of concern. It is no longer playtest material and has not been since WotC put it into the Compendium and Character Builder as PHB III material.</p><p></p><p>I don't understand the need for the source to be an official book and not official online.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 5098575, member: 2011"] Cool. :cool: I totally understand the playtest idea. But here's the rub. Once it goes into Character Builder as PHB III material, it's not going to change. The book has already been sent to the printer. Can they have a last minute "Hold the Presses" change? Possibly. But the cost to have a print change is huge. It would have to be something monumental and WotC is not going to do that since they have an errata process. Even if they have errata on it, they already have errata on every approved source. The Ardent and Hybrid and other PHB III material in Character Builder today is the exact same material that will come out in PHB III with one possible exception. If they have official errata on the material, the errata might actually show up in Character Builder early. If we were talking material that is malleable (outside of early errata), then I would think that Velmont has a point. We are not. We are talking about material that WotC stamped approval on months ago. WotC is not (significantly) working on PHB III material anymore, they have moved on. I see playtest material as material of concern. It is no longer playtest material and has not been since WotC put it into the Compendium and Character Builder as PHB III material. I don't understand the need for the source to be an official book and not official online. [/QUOTE]
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