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<blockquote data-quote="MrMyth" data-source="post: 5594788" data-attributes="member: 61155">It's certainly doable, but whether it is trivial or not will tend to be a question of what PCs are at the table. If you have a 3.0 wizard and a 3.5 wizards using dramatically different versions of the same spell, or a even two PCs of the same class which has undergone significant revisions (druid, monk, ranger), you'll run into some difficulties.&nbsp;On the other hand, you could easily end up with many PCs for whom there are very few differences, and all you need to do is solve a few discrepencies like DR and you are all set and ready to play. But that's only one situation, certainly not all of them.&nbsp;Anyway, for myself... yeah, they are 100% compatable, as least as I define it. Essentials and pre-Essentials characters operate under the same rules and can be played alongside each other without any house-ruling required. Now, there is a level of incompatability in terms of character options, but that is something being addressed, and doesn't bother me all that much to start with - it's just a limitation on character options, plenty of which already exist. My rogue can't take a ranger animal companion - that doesn't mean Martial Power and the PHB are incompatible. &nbsp;My upcoming game has a Changeling Executioner, a Revenant Eladrin Sorceress, an Eladrin Swordmage, and a Mul Warpriest of the Death Domain. I can't imagine any issues arising due to them using materials from Heroes of Shadow alongside the PHB alongside the PHB2 alongside Heroes of the Fallen Lands alongside the FR Player's Guide alongside the Dark Sun Campaign Guide. All of it works together just fine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MrMyth, post: 5594788, member: 61155"] It's certainly doable, but whether it is trivial or not will tend to be a question of what PCs are at the table. If you have a 3.0 wizard and a 3.5 wizards using dramatically different versions of the same spell, or a even two PCs of the same class which has undergone significant revisions (druid, monk, ranger), you'll run into some difficulties. On the other hand, you could easily end up with many PCs for whom there are very few differences, and all you need to do is solve a few discrepencies like DR and you are all set and ready to play. But that's only one situation, certainly not all of them. Anyway, for myself... yeah, they are 100% compatable, as least as I define it. Essentials and pre-Essentials characters operate under the same rules and can be played alongside each other without any house-ruling required. Now, there is a level of incompatability in terms of character options, but that is something being addressed, and doesn't bother me all that much to start with - it's just a limitation on character options, plenty of which already exist. My rogue can't take a ranger animal companion - that doesn't mean Martial Power and the PHB are incompatible. My upcoming game has a Changeling Executioner, a Revenant Eladrin Sorceress, an Eladrin Swordmage, and a Mul Warpriest of the Death Domain. I can't imagine any issues arising due to them using materials from Heroes of Shadow alongside the PHB alongside the PHB2 alongside Heroes of the Fallen Lands alongside the FR Player's Guide alongside the Dark Sun Campaign Guide. All of it works together just fine. [/QUOTE]

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