I've got the 3.5 PHB in front of me

[Li Shenron]

Frankly, if the PHB has been already printed, I don't think WotC would have ship it to someone or some shop without considering the obvious consequences of information getting spread, since he is not aware of any NDA.

It is only in the interest of WotC to raise expectations and excitement about their coming products, and that's what happened with this thread. It doesn't "spoil" the sale at all. If WotC sent him the PHB without being clear about not talking about it around, it means they perfectly know it is to their advantage tht this happens.

Of course, before a book goes to the print it's very different, since nothing is final and an NDA is useful. A RP book is not a novel or a movie that you spoil if you tell the story before: this is a manual we are going to read and use over and over and over...

 

[Mark]

Does the credit page make note of any third party publisher whose material was used in the revisions?

 

[Tsyr]

Hmm... Looks like I'll still have to house-rule Scythes as a weapon for druids... It's always seemed so damn fitting, and yet it never is done...

 

[Greybar]

Answers about Druids on the WOTC site...

John

Edit: Heh, can't keep up with this thread. Ah well, maybe this will be useful to someone like myself who missed the earlier link...

 

[Eternalknight]

Let's hope Roy is alive and well and not stuck in WotC own version of the Tomb of Horrors they set up in Seattle underneath their offices

Anyway, here's a question: With the advent of new spells in the system, have the clerical domains changed?

 

[Valiantheart]

Well I guess we taught Roy and thing or three about giving away free information?

 

[Stalker0]

Frankly, if the PHB has been already printed, I don't think WotC would have ship it to someone or some shop without considering the obvious consequences of information getting spread, since he is not aware of any NDA.

It is only in the interest of WotC to raise expectations and excitement about their coming products, and that's what happened with this thread. It doesn't "spoil" the sale at all. If WotC sent him the PHB without being clear about not talking about it around, it means they perfectly know it is to their advantage tht this happens.

Of course, before a book goes to the print it's very different, since nothing is final and an NDA is useful. A RP book is not a novel or a movie that you spoil if you tell the story before: this is a manual we are going to read and use over and over and over...

Considering that WOTC is planning to put all the 3.5 info in the SRD, it would be a little silly now to think that info without the books is going to spoil book sales

 

[Palladion]

Considering that WOTC is planning to put all the 3.5 info in the SRD, it would be a little silly now to think that info without the books is going to spoil book sales

The interesting question is, with the 3e books and the SRD, could you play 3.5e without buying the books? NOT suggesting you do this, but it seem possible.

Patience.

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Palladion

 

[Nine Hands]

The interesting question is, with the 3e books and the SRD, could you play 3.5e without buying the books? NOT suggesting you do this, but it seem possible.

Patience.

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Palladion

I don't see why not. You could do the same thing with the 3.0 SRD. Not that I would want to, its nice to have a book to flip through and unless EVERYONE at the gaming table is using the SRD in some form (electronic or paper) then its hard to play.

I own like 3 PHBs, 2 DMGs, and 2 MM, along with at least one of every WotC book (more if my kids use the same book). Yet I end up using the SRD on my laptop more than the core 3 books.

Its pretty wierd

 

[Kershek]

The SRD doesn't have everything you need. It's missing some monsters, character creation and advancement rules, and flavor text that sometimes is more than just flavor. If you just use the SRD, you will be missing some needed information.