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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 3320552" data-attributes="member: 14159">Because the gaming slang/jargon meaning of &quot;broken&quot; isn't the common meaning.When people on these boards talk of a book being &quot;broken&quot;, it's meaning that the rules may be flawed or introduce problems in game play.&nbsp; However, this is subjective.&nbsp; I've played and run many feats/classes/spells that are considered by some &quot;broken&quot; in games with no problems.&nbsp; We've both got identical copies of the rulebook, so the rules clearly aren't &quot;broken&quot; in the sense of meaning &quot;unusable&quot;.Broken can also mean &quot;completely unusable for it's intended purpose&quot;, and if WotC was selling books that weren't usable for gaming then they should be providing errata, or depending on how bad it was even replacement books, for free.&nbsp; That would be if they were selling a defective product, not a product that works but could be improved with more R&amp;D.Last time I checked, WotC is under absolutely no obligation to be a free update service for new rules, they never promised it in any way shape or form.&nbsp; If they do, it's nice of them, and they've been doing it on their website for some time now, but you're not inherently entitled to it.Your PHB et al. does not entitle you to a free lifetime subscription to updates from things from WotC R&amp;D.&nbsp; If they decide after printing that a spell or feat might work better if revised, but if book as printed reflected what they thought was good design at the time, then it's not unusable for gaming, and them selling a revised edition later when improvements in design have shown a better way to write the rule isn't out of line at all, it's just good, sensible business.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 3320552, member: 14159"] Because the gaming slang/jargon meaning of "broken" isn't the common meaning. When people on these boards talk of a book being "broken", it's meaning that the rules may be flawed or introduce problems in game play. However, this is subjective. I've played and run many feats/classes/spells that are considered by some "broken" in games with no problems. We've both got identical copies of the rulebook, so the rules clearly aren't "broken" in the sense of meaning "unusable". Broken can also mean "completely unusable for it's intended purpose", and if WotC was selling books that weren't usable for gaming then they should be providing errata, or depending on how bad it was even replacement books, for free. That would be if they were selling a defective product, not a product that works but could be improved with more R&D. Last time I checked, WotC is under absolutely no obligation to be a free update service for new rules, they never promised it in any way shape or form. If they do, it's nice of them, and they've been doing it on their website for some time now, but you're not inherently entitled to it. Your PHB et al. does not entitle you to a free lifetime subscription to updates from things from WotC R&D. If they decide after printing that a spell or feat might work better if revised, but if book as printed reflected what they thought was good design at the time, then it's not unusable for gaming, and them selling a revised edition later when improvements in design have shown a better way to write the rule isn't out of line at all, it's just good, sensible business. [/QUOTE]

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