D&D Rules Compendium (Hardcover) - October 2007

[WhatGravitas]

I was recently thinking about I'd like WOTC to collect rules from several books, because several WOTC books have some content that I'd like to have, but I don't consider there to be enough worthwhile content in each individual book to make it worth purchasing (UA and, possibly phb2 being the exceptions).

Too much Unearthed Arcana... replace the UA stuff with Complete stuff, and okay. Honestly, I don't think they'll release any compendium containing UA rules, since the UA is already a house rule compendium!

 

[Nightfall]

And this couldn't be? Just say LT, I'm not convinced this will be worth my money.

Now Dragons of Eberron, that will probably be worth something!

I hope.

I pined my hopes on Faiths and got severely jipped on that.

 

[Geoffrey]

D&D Rules Compendium (Hardcover)
by Chris Sims (Compiler)
Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (October 16, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 078694725X
ISBN-13: 978-0786947256
http://www.amazon.com/D-Rules-Compendium-Chris-Sims/dp/078694725X/

I'd love for this to be a stripped-down version of the 3.5 edition D&D rules, complete in a single volume.

 

[Nightfall]

Why is everyone ignoring Dragons of Eberron? Man, they get no respect.

I mean if it's anywhere NEAR as good as Dragons of Faerun was, I'm damn well getting it.

 

[Greg K]

Too much Unearthed Arcana... replace the UA stuff with Complete stuff, and okay. Honestly, I don't think they'll release any compendium containing UA rules, since the UA is already a house rule compendium!

Originally, I had planned on keeping the material limited to rules (no races or classes)as I could see race and class specific material them being more appropriate for a compendium of races and/or classes. This would have left only Action Points, Incantions, Contacts, and Reputation from my list. However, I saw that someone else was listing races and classes and decided to include race and class material and decided to add the race and class stuff that I like to my own list. As I do not like the Complete base classes and having seen that many people on WOTC's boards are unfamiliar with UA variants that I like, I added the race and class variants on to my list.

Edit: And, imnsho, you can never have to much Unearthed Arcana!

 

[Greg K]

Why is everyone ignoring Dragons of Eberron? Man, they get no respect.

I mean if it's anywhere NEAR as good as Dragons of Faerun was, I'm damn well getting it.

In my case, I have no interest in Eberron (or Faerun for that matter).

 

[Maggan]

More rules -- just what D&D 3.5 needs!!!

<massive eyeroll>

I'd say that it is not more rules, but rather existing rules pulled together.

It is another book, for sure, but if it's a compilation of already exisiting rules, I don't see how that would add to the number of rules for D&D3.5.

/M

 

[Li Shenron]

Why do classes, races and feats count as "rules"?

 

[thedungeondelver]

What would be wrong with it being a RULES CYCLOPEDIA but for 3.5? All rules, no fluff text? No sample dungeons, no long winded spiels about Lord Autmnbottom the 4th or whatever. One book a group can pick up and start playing with.

I bet that's it, and I bet a pint of Guinness that it's going to be setting agnostic, too.

Probably in preparation for the final axe to fall on GREYHAWK and Ebbberon becoming the default setting.

 

[MerricB]

Probably in preparation for the final axe to fall on GREYHAWK and Ebbberon becoming the default setting.

Eberron will never be the default setting. It exists because plenty of people want games that don't use the standard tolkienesque/medieval world, but regular D&D will always use a generic (D&D) world.

Cheers!