3.5 SRD project

[Silveras]

This may sound silly, but what's the difference between the 3.5 SRD and the Core Rulebooks?

The SRD is the material other publishers may include in their works. The Core Rulebooks have examples that are not in the SRD, some rules, and some monsters that WotC considers too brand-specific to let go of.

Beholders and Mind Flayers are some of the monsters, for example, that are not in the SRD. They are too D&D-specific to have come from mythology or other published works, so WotC holds them back for trade reasons.

Character creation rules, like how much money characters should have at each level, are not in the SRD -- getting them is part of the added value of owning the actual books, and they are not rules that are needed for writing sourcebooks or adventures.

 

[Tessarael]

I've been pondering posting about Sovelior's SRD for a while. Can someone get hold of Sovelior and Sage (hey maybe they saw this thread?), and ask them if they are interested in maintaining their html SRD? If not, it would be good to add in content as it comes out (e.g. current psionics stuff will be outdated by the expanded psionics handbook so no point at the moment), and updating it for PHB/DMG errata etc. I did send in some updates for the PHB errata to Sovelior, and he said he added those.

Thoughts?

 

[MeepoTheMighty]

I think it would be great if Morrus could host a mirror of that here on EN World. I use it almost daily.

 

[Jeremy]

As do I.

And as such, that would be wonderful resource in my opinion Tessarael.

 

[Fester]

I use it almost daily.

Snap. IMO it is one of the best D&D resources on the internet and a real life saver on occasions.

 

[barsoomcore]

Hear, hear! Thank, ehm, goodness for Sovelior and his SRD. I use it more often than I use my PHB.

I also based my Modern SRD on his design.

 

[DaveStebbins]

I think it would be great if Morrus could host a mirror of that here on EN World. I use it almost daily.

I prefer the stephenh version for its simplicity. If you use the SRD daily (I do too), it's probably better if you can download the zipped version to your PC and access it there. It's even faster than a broadband connection.

 

[Conaill]

Is Sovelior's SRD up to date on http://www.systemreferencedocuments.org/? The last date modified says February, but the HTML says September 2003...

I don't think so. For example, the 3.5 SRD accidentally didn't include siege weapons when it first came out. They were later included, but I don't think they've been added to Sovelior's version yet.

More importantly, there are now errata available for both the PHB and DMG. Those have been or will be added to the SRD, but I doubt they're in the PDF version.

 

[woodelf]

Oh my god! This roxors! I don't think I've ever said that non-facetiously before!

Seriously, I was formatting the SRD myself in MS Word. Sovelior totally rocks!

Too bad it has to be non-commercial, I'd pay a couple bucks for that.

huh? "has to be non-commercial"? What're you talking about?

 

[woodelf]

I've been pondering posting about Sovelior's SRD for a while. Can someone get hold of Sovelior and Sage (hey maybe they saw this thread?), and ask them if they are interested in maintaining their html SRD? If not, it would be good to add in content as it comes out (e.g. current psionics stuff will be outdated by the expanded psionics handbook so no point at the moment), and updating it for PHB/DMG errata etc. I did send in some updates for the PHB errata to Sovelior, and he said he added those.

Thoughts?

Yeah: you can't do that. The core rulebook errata isn't released as OGC. You have no right to reuse it, or, at least, no more than to verbatim reuse any other content published by anyone. Frustrating as it may be, we're stuck with any errors in the core rulebooks that are duplicated in the D20SRD, until they D20SRD itself is fixed. Errata for the rulebooks do no good, at least as for as the various D20SRD publications are concerned.