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<blockquote data-quote="MrMyth" data-source="post: 5353320" data-attributes="member: 61155">I think part of it is that the same situation seems to have a different message to two different people. &nbsp;For TerraDave, I believe he sees a book that is basically an update of the PHB, plus errata and interaction with Essentials, and this means it is likely the original PHB will not be reprinted and eventually vanish from the market. And, to him, this means we are in the age of 4.5. (And my apologies here if I am misreading his argument.)&nbsp;For myself, on the other hand, even if this book totally replaces the PHB in stores and the PHB one day fades away... that still isn't enough to make it 4.5 to me. Because I see a very big difference between the PHB no longer being printed, and the PHB no longer being current. Even if they have a new book designed to fill the same function, tidied up and presented in Essentials paperback format... if the content in my PHB remains completely legal and accurate and usable, then I don't need to replace it. &nbsp;So... if Heroes of Legend replaces the PHB for new customers, I see that as a different thing from it replacing the PHB for existing gamers. And as long as the second isn't the case, I don't see anything that can legitimately be considered the equivalent of the 3.5 release.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MrMyth, post: 5353320, member: 61155"] I think part of it is that the same situation seems to have a different message to two different people. For TerraDave, I believe he sees a book that is basically an update of the PHB, plus errata and interaction with Essentials, and this means it is likely the original PHB will not be reprinted and eventually vanish from the market. And, to him, this means we are in the age of 4.5. (And my apologies here if I am misreading his argument.) For myself, on the other hand, even [I]if[/I] this book totally replaces the PHB in stores and the PHB one day fades away... that still isn't enough to make it 4.5 to me. Because I see a very big difference between the PHB no longer being printed, and the PHB no longer being [I]current[/I]. Even if they have a new book designed to fill the same function, tidied up and presented in Essentials paperback format... if the content in my PHB remains completely legal and accurate and usable, then I don't need to replace it. So... if Heroes of Legend replaces the PHB for [I]new [/I]customers, I see that as a different thing from it replacing the PHB for [I]existing[/I] gamers. And as long as the second isn't the case, I don't see anything that can legitimately be considered the equivalent of the 3.5 release. [/QUOTE]

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