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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 3322296" data-attributes="member: 14159">No they don't.They don't have any such &quot;responsiblity&quot;.&nbsp; Before 3rd Edition, D&amp;D supplements and rulebooks often presumed you had books besides the core books, or that you would go out and purchase other books to understand the book you already had.&nbsp; When 3e came out, WotC made a business decision to base suppliments off assuming that players only had the &quot;core 3&quot;, which is even then something they occasionally stray from (like the Vile/Exalted and Psionic materials in Player's Guide to Faerun).&nbsp; It, like errata, is not something you are entitled to, you aren't entitled to anything.&nbsp; WotC is entitled to the rights to keep producing a game and calling it D&amp;D, and they can make decisions about how to run that business.&nbsp; Smart business might be to sell to as broad a customer base as possible, but that isn't an &quot;obligation&quot; or &quot;responsibility&quot;, and it's nothing you are entitled to.WotC isn't providing a public service, they are selling a product, a product which they may decide is better if revised for future releases.Edit: It sure is nice for them to provide updates, errata, and the like, and they generally do.&nbsp; We get a Rules FAQ that updates and changes the rules regularly, errata, web enhancements, and all kinds of web interaction stuff from WotC, they go far above what they have to do, but just don't complain that you aren't getting enough free stuff on the grounds that you're somehow entitled to free rules updates for life.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 3322296, member: 14159"] No they don't. They don't have any such "responsiblity". Before 3rd Edition, D&D supplements and rulebooks often presumed you had books besides the core books, or that you would go out and purchase other books to understand the book you already had. When 3e came out, WotC made a business decision to base suppliments off assuming that players only had the "core 3", which is even then something they occasionally stray from (like the Vile/Exalted and Psionic materials in Player's Guide to Faerun). It, like errata, is not something you are entitled to, you aren't entitled to anything. WotC is entitled to the rights to keep producing a game and calling it D&D, and they can make decisions about how to run that business. Smart business might be to sell to as broad a customer base as possible, but that isn't an "obligation" or "responsibility", and it's nothing you are entitled to. WotC isn't providing a public service, they are selling a product, a product which they may decide is better if revised for future releases. Edit: It sure is nice for them to provide updates, errata, and the like, and they generally do. We get a Rules FAQ that updates and changes the rules regularly, errata, web enhancements, and all kinds of web interaction stuff from WotC, they go far above what they have to do, but just don't complain that you aren't getting enough free stuff on the grounds that you're somehow entitled to free rules updates for life. [/QUOTE]

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