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Message: <blockquote data-quote="3catcircus" data-source="post: 3320052" data-attributes="member: 16077">If it isn't broken, them how come people always complain about each new book's broken feats, spells, classes?!?!I think the hate and discontent revolves around two major issue - 1.  The inability to properly proofread, properly calculate, or properly edit prodiucts.  Sure a typo here or there isn't broken.  What about the Herald PrC in Powers of Faerun?  They completely forgot to include a whole table for it.  Or the *many* incorrect stat blocks that John Cooper points out?2.  The trend for a while to reprint selected rules in multiple products.  In some cases, the reprints contained *also* errata or revision that may or may not have been provided separately in the errata files.  I shouldn't see, for example, 3 different FR products, each containing "Nybor's Gentle Reminder" spell, and each book having different versions of the spell, without also seeing the errata for the previous two books that brings all 3 sources into agreement.In terms of free subscriptions.... Let's look at Microsoft Windows  (95, 98, NT, XP, whatever).  They push out updates and revisions via hotfix, patch, or service pack.  I can get those for free. For the life of the software.  I don't *need* to download them in most cases since the OS isn't "broken" and works without them.  But, I am able to get them, if needed or wanted.  I don't have to wait for them to release the next version of their software.  If I *do* buy, for example, Vista, I'm reasonably assured that what they fixed in XP was made correct during Vista development.  However, if I chose not to buy Vista, the free hotfix, patch or service pack is also available.Basically - want to errata or revise a specific spell, feat, etc.  Fine.  Feel free to then sell it in a new product.  But at least make the errata or revision available to those who choose not to buy the new product.  Otherwise, you have people at the gaming table who may not all be using the same rules.</blockquote>

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