3.5 D&D?

[Darkness]

I like the idea. Plus, if WotC make this optional, they don't have much risk in this as people who like it will use it and the others won't - and WotC will make money with it.

 

[techno]

After the chat with Ryan Dancey, he hung around for awhile and I asked him if we could expect to see a D&D 3.1? He replied: "Yes."

 

[Zappo]

I wouldn't call it Player's Options, first of all because of the negative association , and secondly because many are not "Options for the Players".

The idea of a real D&D 3.1 however interests me more. While options are options, a D&D 3.1 implies official changes.

 

[UD]

Maybe they will release an options book with Star Wars Agility system, and armour reducing spelling.

 

[KidCthulhu]

I think a collected errata publication, with some added items from other systems, makes sense. I think we won't see a version 3.5. The only reason 2nd ed. came out with so many versions was because it was so broken. 3E is a much more stable, flexible system. It needs less patching thinly disguised as new product.

Now, whether the need for money will drive a version 4.0, I don't know.

 

[Gargoyle]

I think a 4.0 is certainly possible, and sooner than most folks think, perhaps in a couple of years. The designers of 3E wanted to do more sweeping changes to the game than they did, but were afraid of a backlash from the players. They've certainly got more ideas than ever now on how to improve it. And as mentioned, there are financial reasons to do so.

A significant update to the system would be a good thing, and not just financially. I would rather buy new core books every four or five years than see the game stagnate (again). No matter how good a system is, it should change over time to take advantage of better ideas. Change for the sake of change (or money) is a bad idea, but I'm sure the game can be improved after every four or five years of play.

If nothing else, a more complete core system, with basic rules for mass combat, guidelines for creating new monsters, feats, and prestige classes (stuff currently in Dragon), and the basics of books like the Epic level handbook and Deities and demigods, would be welcome.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

The last thing I want to do right now, or in the next 10 years is buy a new set of core books. This will be my last edition of D&D, if we move from 3e to anything it will probably be another system, or 1e.

 

[Davelozzi]

While I wouldn't want to see a 4e for a few more years yet, a 3.01 would be nice. Basically, I'd like to see them incorporate the errata and a few other things that have commonly been accepted as changed, such as the ECL system. For example, Masters of the Wild has a "rules update" on wild shaping. This should be incorporated into the next printing of the PHB. After all, core products are supposed to supercede everything in a non-core product but now the opposite is starting to occur.