Getting a PHB with errata included?

[caudor]

I'd like to get a copy of the Player's Handbook that includes the errata. Has the paperback version in the Player's Kit been updated to include errata? Are there any updated copies of the PHB out there? Thanks in advance for any info regarding this.

 

[Alzrius]

The Special Edition 3.5 PHB (with the faux-leather cover) has the errata included in it. However, that doesn't include the errata regarding polymorph-effects (which is, as far as I know, too new for any printing), so for things like the druid's wild shape, you'll still need the website errata.

 

[caudor]

Thank you

I wonder if we'll see a reprint of the core rules at some point, perhaps with new covers.

I think I'll just print the errata off the website and wait to see what happens. The leather version sure looks nice, but is a little too pricy for me right now.

Thanks again.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

That just seems odd to me. Surely they go to print more than once every three or four years. Why not update the plates, since most of the errata changes will only affect a modest number of pages?

In addition to being the right thing to do by their customers, IMO, it also would mean they could pick up a bit of revenue from those of us with the wherewithal to buy new copies of the books every printing.

 

[MarkB]

That just seems odd to me. Surely they go to print more than once every three or four years. Why not update the plates, since most of the errata changes will only affect a modest number of pages?

Because the errata are ever-changing, and some subjects will be errata'd multiple times. If there's more than one 'base' version of the rulebook out there, then they have to maintain a separate errata file for each edition for clarity, and that's only likely to cause more confusion. Keeping a single master text upon which to apply all errata does make a fair degree of sense.

 

[Echohawk]

As Alzrius points out, the "Special Edition October 2004" printing of the PHB contains all of the errata up to that point. There isn't a more up-to-date print run that that, as far as I know.

However, you don't need to buy the leatherbound version. All of the normal hardcover versions of the PHB printed after October 2004 are the same inside as the leatherbound special edition. Just check that it says "Special Edition October 2004" under the WotC logo on the front page when you buy it, and you'll be buying a version with all the errata included.

And yes, the paperback version in the Player's Kit is the "Special Edition October 2004" printing, so that'll work too.

 

[Ranger REG]

Speaking of Special Edition Printing, any idea when they'll release such printing for the standard edition of the DMG?