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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 5249482" data-attributes="member: 52734">Incidentally, when 3.5 came out, my initial desire was to keep my 3.0 books and just download the list of changes WotC posted on their site.&nbsp; However, very quickly I realized that with all the minor tweaks that had been made, it was just easier for me to buy new books that already incorporated the changes.&nbsp; Somewhere along the line, I ditched/sold my 3.0 PHB/DMG/MM and only have the 3.5 versions.I think between the RC and Essentials line, we'll see something similar.&nbsp; At some point, the PHBI, in its current printing, will cease production and we'll see some sort of revised PHBI incorporating all the errata so far as well as any changes introduced with the essentials line (Why would you want to introduce new people to the game for them to go to the &quot;advanced&quot; books with outdated/wrong rules anyway?&nbsp; It's like asking people to try Win7 with programs written for Win2K)Also, while everyone has been talking mostly about possible changes to the PCs, I think something has slipped in the back door that folks are not paying much attention to.The Essentials line will use the MM3 changes to monsters.&nbsp; That means that the goblins, kobolds and whatnot that show up in the essential set will likely have a significant change to them - their lore/fluff and damage they do will be considerably different from the MMI (or II).&nbsp; I think this is enough to inspire a &quot;revised&quot; version of the MMI.&nbsp; And if you're going to update one, might as well do them all...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 5249482, member: 52734"] Incidentally, when 3.5 came out, my initial desire was to keep my 3.0 books and just download the list of changes WotC posted on their site. However, very quickly I realized that with all the minor tweaks that had been made, it was just easier for me to buy new books that already incorporated the changes. Somewhere along the line, I ditched/sold my 3.0 PHB/DMG/MM and only have the 3.5 versions. I think between the RC and Essentials line, we'll see something similar. At some point, the PHBI, in its current printing, will cease production and we'll see some sort of revised PHBI incorporating all the errata so far as well as any changes introduced with the essentials line (Why would you want to introduce new people to the game for them to go to the "advanced" books with outdated/wrong rules anyway? It's like asking people to try Win7 with programs written for Win2K) Also, while everyone has been talking mostly about possible changes to the PCs, I think something has slipped in the back door that folks are not paying much attention to. The Essentials line will use the MM3 changes to monsters. That means that the goblins, kobolds and whatnot that show up in the essential set will likely have a significant change to them - their lore/fluff and damage they do will be considerably different from the MMI (or II). I think this is enough to inspire a "revised" version of the MMI. And if you're going to update one, might as well do them all... [/QUOTE]

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