How do you errata your hard copies?

[Ninja-to]

Just wondering how most people are using the errata. At present it looks like 75 pages for all the books, with more to come. That's a hella lotta errata. Has anyone tried printing and then pasting the changes into the books directly? Does it 'fit' right? Or do most people just keep the pages separate somewhere?

 

[jasonbostwick]

After the first set of errata was released for the core books I put a bit of time into mocking them up in InDesign so that I could seamlessly paste them over the passages in the books.

I finished all of the PHB updates right around the time that the second set of errata came out - and realized I would be fighting a losing battle trying to keep up.

After that, I haven't kept as on-top of the errata. I read the updates when they come out, and if they impact a power or feat someone is using we make the change. I don't keep an updated list of errata printed out or anything.
We use the Character builder for chargen so anything that is in the compendium is taken care of.

 

[Nytmare]

I did the same. Started off printing to stickers and got about halfway through the project before I realized that I didn't want to spend the rest of my life doing this.

Character stuff is taken care of by the builder. I glance through the new errata, make a note if something looks important, and forward it on to my group's mailing list if it's a rule we deal with a lot.

I keep all the errata in a folder on my laptop and search through it if we run into a ruling question on the day.

 

[Elric]

After the first set of errata was released for the core books I put a bit of time into mocking them up in InDesign so that I could seamlessly paste them over the passages in the books.

I finished all of the PHB updates right around the time that the second set of errata came out - and realized I would be fighting a losing battle trying to keep up.

After that, I haven't kept as on-top of the errata. I read the updates when they come out, and if they impact a power or feat someone is using we make the change. I don't keep an updated list of errata printed out or anything.
We use the Character builder for chargen so anything that is in the compendium is taken care of.

I either wrote in the first set of errata where feasible, or wrote enough that I'd know there was errata by looking at it. Like you, though, I soon gave up.

Keeping up with all of the errata without using the Character Builder seems like an overwhelming task. With the Character Builder, it's fine. The errata I would keep writing in to hard-copies even if you use CB is most monster errata (e.g., Needlefang Drake). It's often very easy to write in, quite important, and you might not spot that there had been errata (use monsters; done) if you don't do this.

CB on the cheap: Character Builder is a very nice tool. You can keep using Character Builder without subscribing to DDI. You just don't get any new content. Pay $10 for a 1-month subscription and download all of the new content. If you do that every 4-6 months while playing, it's quite a bit cheaper than the ~$70 a year you'd pay for continuous updates.

 

[Thanee]

Voted, that I keep the errata pages seperate, but I don't even print them out.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Jhaelen]

If it's short errata I write the changes directly into the books. If they're changing complete sections of the rules, I print the page and put it into the book.

 

[jasonbostwick]

Oh, I forgot about Monster errata - I print out most monsters I use on 4x6 index cards (from the .pdfs when they were available, from the Monster Builder for newer books) so any of the significant monster errata have been penciled in on the relevant cards.

The books are still untouched, and I rarely reference them unless I want to say, run an entire encounter of bullywugs.

I'm curious to hear from anyone who does actually maintain an updates binder. I've found it necessary for wargaming, and before MKII came out I had a bunch of printouts of errata and FAQ answers for Warmachine/Hordes, but haven't really seen much of a use for D&D.

Are there really that many general errata that need to be referenced in play, as opposed to at character generation?
All I can think of off the top of my head are the Stealth changes and new Skill Challenge rules, both of which have been updated in printed products.
Everything else just seems to be a minor, character specific change to keep magic items, powers, and feats balanced.

When we played 3E (pre-Rules Compendium) I needed to have the polymorph errata on hand, but so far nothing so radical has been introduced that I can't just wing it.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I "errataed" the DM Screen. But the rest of my books remain as they were.

 

[Dice4Hire]

I do not errata my hard copies. I just remember what is changed and look it up when I make a new character

 

[The Coffee Cat]

I use a highlighter to mark in the book text that has been errata'd. So if we see that something's highlighted, we know it to be inaccurate and can look it up in the errata.