(Complete Warrior) = (Sword and Fist) ++

[JPL]

Important to note that the revised splats will fix problems from the originals. There's an excellent chance that the originals will be improved upon.

And if there was some really good stuff from Dragon magazine, then I for one am glad to see it back in print and more widely available.

We're apparently talking 75% new material, and that's good, too.

I wonder how many splats there will be and how they'll be split up.

I have some misgivings about more expensive hardcovers becoming the norm...but thirty bucks for a good quality book is still not all that bad.

 

[I'm A Banana]

I honestly don't think they'll do *that* many splats.

I imagine the following:

Complete Warrior (Fighter, Paladin, Ranger, Barbarian)
Complete Priest (Monks, Clerics, Paladins, Druids, Rangers)
Complete Arcanist (Wizards, Sorcerers, Bards)
Complete Lightfoot (Rogues, Bards)

Lots of overlap, but with a different 'focus.' So you may have to look in two different books for the Bard materials.

I don't think they'll do more than that, if any. Maybe Complete Racial Books, but that'd even be a bit bizarre...

 

[maddman75]

I think you have to remember the entire strategy of WotC, and the point of the d20 and OGL licenses. They want to arrange things so that their business plan looks like this.

1) Let other smaller companies take the risk and lower margins of pushing the boundaries and making adventures
2) Sell Core Books
3) Cash check

We are seeing this already.

 

[JPL]

I don't think they'll do more than that, if any. Maybe Complete Racial Books, but that'd even be a bit bizarre...

Hey, some of the 2ed race books were good.

Well, the dwarf book was good, at least.

 

[EricNoah]

Complete Lightfoot

... must ... resist ... posting ... Edmund Fitzgerald ... lyrics!

 

[Angcuru]

Me, I prefer Mongoos Publishing. Those Quintessential Books RULE!

 

[Ranger REG]

I honestly don't think they'll do *that* many splats.

I imagine the following:

Complete Warrior (Fighter, Paladin, Ranger, Barbarian)
Complete Priest (Monks, Clerics, Paladins, Druids, Rangers)
Complete Arcanist (Wizards, Sorcerers, Bards)
Complete Lightfoot (Rogues, Bards)

Actually, I imagine only three books

Complete Warrior, Complete Adept, and Complete Scoundrel.

I've yet wait for confirmation because the Complete Warrior is still in early development, but at least my prediction is nearly accurate: they're revising the class splatbook in a new format and a somewhat old, familiar title (from the 2nd Edition Era).

 

[hong]

The complete warrior doesn't sound like a compiled splatbook..I see it as S&F with the A&EG treatment (or hopefully something better). Feats. PrC's. Maps. Environments. Advice. Perhaps monsters. Probably equipment. Probably something with mounts.

Note that S&F contained all of these. It wasn't the mission of the book I had a problem with, just the actual quality of the content. If this Complete Warrior thing turns out to be S&F with the holes patched up, I'll be a very happy camper.


Hong "loves prestige classes with all of his body, including his pee-pee" Ooi

 

[Mercule]

Me, I prefer Mongoos Publishing. Those Quintessential Books RULE!

Okay, I'm going to sound like a chronic complainer here, but I didn't much care for the Complete Rogue (or whatever the title was). Granted, this is the only "Complete" Mongoose book I've read.

Is this the red-headed bastard step-child of the series, or am I missing something?

I should clarify by saying that I didn't see anything _bad_ in the book. It was just... boring? Whatever, it didn't have anything in it that made me say, "Yeah, that's a cool idea." I'm not talking about power, either. I'm talking concept.

 

[Mercule]

Note that S&F contained all of these. It wasn't the mission of the book I had a problem with, just the actual quality of the content. If this Complete Warrior thing turns out to be S&F with the holes patched up, I'll be a very happy camper.


Hong "loves prestige classes with all of his body, including his pee-pee" Ooi

I completely agree with the first paragraph.

The second is WAY more info than I needed.