Just got the WotC 2008 Summer Catalog

[klobbermeister]

Deluxe Edition?

So, I followed all the links and found this:

http://www.amazon.com/Players-Handbook-Deluxe-Core-Rulebook/dp/0786950439/ref=pd_sim_b_title_10

Any word in the catalog about this one? What makes it Deluxe, beside the 100% price hike?

 

[BadMojo]

Also.. More Drizzt? FFS. How many different ways do WoTC have to package that guy.

As long as people keep buying it, they'll find ways to cash in.

Hopefully this new book isn't a "guide to previously published art & excerpts from books you've already read". That would be more than a little shameless.

 

[DaveMage]

So, I followed all the links and found this:

http://www.amazon.com/Players-Handbook-Deluxe-Core-Rulebook/dp/0786950439/ref=pd_sim_b_title_10

Any word in the catalog about this one? What makes it Deluxe, beside the 100% price hike?

It's got a ribbon.

 

[mhacdebhandia]

If it's like the Third Edition version, it will have gilt-edged pages and an embossed pseudo-leather cover.

 

[mhensley]

Hmmm, I'l have to grab my sword and check this out since it's nearby. I WORK in Winterhaven, FL!!

I LIVE in Frostproof!!! HA!

Small world. I grew up in Bartow.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I LIVE in Frostproof!!! HA!

Yes, that's why I said it. It's under your avatar to the left.

 

[thalmin]

So, I followed all the links and found this:

http://www.amazon.com/Players-Handbook-Deluxe-Core-Rulebook/dp/0786950439/ref=pd_sim_b_title_10

Any word in the catalog about this one? What makes it Deluxe, beside the 100% price hike?

No, the catalog only covers May through August, and this is scheduled for October (according to Amazon.)
As others have said, "deluxe" probably means "leatherbound" gild-edged and a ribbon, just as the deluxe 3.5 core books were.

 

[Knightfall]

Amazon also has a listing for a Gargantuan Orcus and a Gargantuan Dracolich

Sweet!!!

 

[Matrix Sorcica]

If it uses the tactical style, it'll present the basic info in one side and the 'combat' info on another side.

Takes up quite a bit of space.

But with the reduced stat blocks...

Don't forget that H1 will include a lot of rules, as it's kind of a preview. That in itself will take up many pages, probably leaving the adventure 'normal sized'.

Edit: beaten by mhensley. Read the thread before answering, read the thread before answering.....

 

[the black knight]

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