D&D Rules Compendium (Hardcover) - October 2007

[stonehill_troll]

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/

Other book

Dragons of Eberron (Hardcover)
by Keith Baker
Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (October 16, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0786941545
ISBN-13: 978-0786941544
http://www.amazon.com/Dragons-Eberron-Keith-Baker/dp/0786941545/

 

[JVisgaitis]

Rules Compendium? Now that's intriguing. What could they possible squeeze into 160 pages?

 

[Stalker0]

Perhaps a number of quick reference tables and the like?

 

[JustKim]

Maybe an Unearthed Arcana-type book collecting rules like tattoo spellbooks, swift actions and variant class features?

 

[mmadsen]

What could they possible squeeze into 160 pages?

That's plenty of space for the "corest" elements of the PHB, MM, and DMG -- the main classes, races, spells, etc., without all the breadth.

 

[Shade]

Whoa...I'm intrigued.

 

[JVisgaitis]

That's plenty of space for the "corest" elements of the PHB, MM, and DMG -- the main classes, races, spells, etc., without all the breadth.

True, but that's not the definition of a compendium to me. I would think it should have everything...

 

[Clefton Twain]

Hrmmm

I could go either way. But knowing nothing about it, I don't really know what to say.

 

[JVisgaitis]

Looking at it again since there is a credited "Compiler", I would think its a bunch of rules meant to supplement the core, not to replace it.

 

[Psion]

That's plenty of space for the "corest" elements of the PHB, MM, and DMG -- the main classes, races, spells, etc., without all the breadth.

True, but that's not the definition of a compendium to me. I would think it should have everything...

I think a compendium would be a compilation of add-on elements that AREN'T core, a la Spell Compendium.