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<blockquote data-quote="EricNoah" data-source="post: 59199" data-attributes="member: 4"><p>Oh, history, my favorite subject! </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>December 22, 2000: The first scoop on S&F from a fan who had purchased it appears. So likely this was the first time it was available in stores, etc. </p><p></p><p>January 16, 2001: The first official errata news for S&F appears. Includes the infamous chat log from the WotC chat in which S&F co-designer Jason Carl says of the Halfling Outrider, "The Halfling Outrider is the only prestige class in the book without a unique attack bonus. It's designed that way purposefully to reflect the fact that the class role is primarily that of a scout, not a combatant. I took a chance on that one." Of the mercurial greatsword's 2d8 damage and x4 crit, he says, "Some weapon has to be at the top of the heap, after all. " (The damage on the mercurial greatsword was later errata'd to be 2d6).</p><p></p><p>January 20, 2001: S&F web enhancement posted.</p><p></p><p>January 29, 2001: I created the Errata Center for the website, gathering any "official"errata that hadn't been "officially released" via the WotC website. </p><p></p><p>February 4, 2001: More chat logs from Jason Carl with more clarifications or corrections. Unclear if this is from the same chat as before but from a different scooper or a new chat.</p><p></p><p>February 19, 2001: Keith Strohm tells us about the new "rules council" at WotC that will "evaluate new feats, skills, and other evolutions of core mechanics for playability and quality."</p><p></p><p>March 16, 2001: T'Ed Stark says of the Halfling Outrider: "The Halfling Outrider (in Sword and Fist) should have a Base Attack Bonus. In fact, in early copies of the manuscript, it did. I don't understand how it got dropped, but we missed it in galleys."</p><p></p><p>March 30, 2001: T'Ed Stark says of S&F: "I hope that the Sword and Fist errata goes as quickly, and that we can plow through the MM in early April and get it ready to go up no later than May." WotC did indeed accomplish that goal, though the other major plan (releasing DMG errata within the week) did not come to pass.</p><p></p><p>May 25, 2001: S&F errata list posted at WotC.</p><p></p><p>All in all, the turnaround on the errata list was pretty quick. The disturbing part was the inconsistent message coming from WotC about the product (that there weren't errors to certain things when in fact there were). That's what made this particularly unusual, as WotC has typically done an OK job of telling us when they've screwed up. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> And I don't think Jason Carl was laid off (at least at that point, he might have been later on) -- he worked on the FR sourcebook Lords of Darkness with Sean Reynolds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EricNoah, post: 59199, member: 4"] Oh, history, my favorite subject! December 22, 2000: The first scoop on S&F from a fan who had purchased it appears. So likely this was the first time it was available in stores, etc. January 16, 2001: The first official errata news for S&F appears. Includes the infamous chat log from the WotC chat in which S&F co-designer Jason Carl says of the Halfling Outrider, "The Halfling Outrider is the only prestige class in the book without a unique attack bonus. It's designed that way purposefully to reflect the fact that the class role is primarily that of a scout, not a combatant. I took a chance on that one." Of the mercurial greatsword's 2d8 damage and x4 crit, he says, "Some weapon has to be at the top of the heap, after all. " (The damage on the mercurial greatsword was later errata'd to be 2d6). January 20, 2001: S&F web enhancement posted. January 29, 2001: I created the Errata Center for the website, gathering any "official"errata that hadn't been "officially released" via the WotC website. February 4, 2001: More chat logs from Jason Carl with more clarifications or corrections. Unclear if this is from the same chat as before but from a different scooper or a new chat. February 19, 2001: Keith Strohm tells us about the new "rules council" at WotC that will "evaluate new feats, skills, and other evolutions of core mechanics for playability and quality." March 16, 2001: T'Ed Stark says of the Halfling Outrider: "The Halfling Outrider (in Sword and Fist) should have a Base Attack Bonus. In fact, in early copies of the manuscript, it did. I don't understand how it got dropped, but we missed it in galleys." March 30, 2001: T'Ed Stark says of S&F: "I hope that the Sword and Fist errata goes as quickly, and that we can plow through the MM in early April and get it ready to go up no later than May." WotC did indeed accomplish that goal, though the other major plan (releasing DMG errata within the week) did not come to pass. May 25, 2001: S&F errata list posted at WotC. All in all, the turnaround on the errata list was pretty quick. The disturbing part was the inconsistent message coming from WotC about the product (that there weren't errors to certain things when in fact there were). That's what made this particularly unusual, as WotC has typically done an OK job of telling us when they've screwed up. :) And I don't think Jason Carl was laid off (at least at that point, he might have been later on) -- he worked on the FR sourcebook Lords of Darkness with Sean Reynolds. [/QUOTE]
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