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<blockquote data-quote="seasong" data-source="post: 1131957" data-attributes="member: 5137"><p>For $100:</p><p>- three years worth of clarifications</p><p>- three years worth of errata</p><p>- small tweaks in various places</p><p>- improved magic item pricing</p><p>- an expanded monster manual</p><p>- the extra pages in the DMG</p><p>- marginally better organization</p><p><strong>worth it</strong></p><p></p><p>Do the above things noticeably improve the game? Only in small ways. But the ease factor of those little tweaks is worth it to me.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, in addition to the above:</p><p>- even MORE errors to be errata'd</p><p>- big changes that are not tweaks and were not necessary</p><p>- no more easy NPC tables... why?</p><p>- the entire spell descriptions section</p><p></p><p>The $100 is, well, pretty cheap. But the above factors are ALSO a cost. They are a cost on my time to fix, a cost on my time to create NPCs, and a nullification of the 3 years of included errata (and even there, they failed to include all of the original errata).</p><p></p><p>Other costs include:</p><p>- reduced electronic support for the meantime</p><p>- balance is <em>not</em> significantly improved; the broken stuff is just different now, and the GMs have to learn where they are all over again</p><p></p><p>Still, I'm okay with it. I just wish they'd done a good job with it, instead of a half-assed job. And I wish they'd had Monte on board to cut down on some of the excesses of the author's house rules.</p><p></p><p>-seasong</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seasong, post: 1131957, member: 5137"] For $100: - three years worth of clarifications - three years worth of errata - small tweaks in various places - improved magic item pricing - an expanded monster manual - the extra pages in the DMG - marginally better organization [b]worth it[/b] Do the above things noticeably improve the game? Only in small ways. But the ease factor of those little tweaks is worth it to me. Unfortunately, in addition to the above: - even MORE errors to be errata'd - big changes that are not tweaks and were not necessary - no more easy NPC tables... why? - the entire spell descriptions section The $100 is, well, pretty cheap. But the above factors are ALSO a cost. They are a cost on my time to fix, a cost on my time to create NPCs, and a nullification of the 3 years of included errata (and even there, they failed to include all of the original errata). Other costs include: - reduced electronic support for the meantime - balance is [i]not[/i] significantly improved; the broken stuff is just different now, and the GMs have to learn where they are all over again Still, I'm okay with it. I just wish they'd done a good job with it, instead of a half-assed job. And I wish they'd had Monte on board to cut down on some of the excesses of the author's house rules. -seasong [/QUOTE]
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