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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 5595633" data-attributes="member: 1210"><p>So wait, is the assumption "Any changes to the format, design or execution of rules used in the PH is a new edition!"? </p><p></p><p>Because that seems like an awfully broad way to describe edition changes.</p><p></p><p>By that thinking:</p><p></p><p>-The release of 1e DMG was a new edition (it significantly altered a lot of stuff from the PH, including instituting "die at -10" and lots of spell changes).</p><p>-The release of 1e Unearthed Arcana was a new edition (new ways to generate ability scores, new types of classes that RAISED YOUR STATS!!, revising the paladin to a cavalier subclass).</p><p>-The release of 1e Oriental Adventures was another one (honor).</p><p>-The Survival Guides were another (still officially 1e though!) (nonweapon proficiencies come to the west).</p><p>-Then the 2e PH was ACTUALLY 6e!</p><p>-Then the Complete Guides to... were 7e.</p><p>-Then the Skills & Powers book was 8e...</p><p>-Then Spells & Magic came along and gave us 9e...</p><p>-Then the 3e PH came out, which must have actually been 10e...</p><p>-Then 3e Oriental Adventures, which was 11e...</p><p>-Then the 3.5 PH, which (apparently) was 12e...</p><p>-Then the "Complete X" books changed a bunch of stuff up, so that must have been 13e...</p><p>-Tome of Magic: 14e?</p><p>-The Book of Nine Swords: 15e?</p><p>-Then the 4e PH, which is 16e...</p><p>-Followed by the 4e PH3 (PH2 stuck to the formulae pretty closely) was 17e...</p><p>-...the Red Box for 4e, which is 18e...</p><p>-Heroes of the XXX XXX must then be 19e.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 5595633, member: 1210"] So wait, is the assumption "Any changes to the format, design or execution of rules used in the PH is a new edition!"? Because that seems like an awfully broad way to describe edition changes. By that thinking: -The release of 1e DMG was a new edition (it significantly altered a lot of stuff from the PH, including instituting "die at -10" and lots of spell changes). -The release of 1e Unearthed Arcana was a new edition (new ways to generate ability scores, new types of classes that RAISED YOUR STATS!!, revising the paladin to a cavalier subclass). -The release of 1e Oriental Adventures was another one (honor). -The Survival Guides were another (still officially 1e though!) (nonweapon proficiencies come to the west). -Then the 2e PH was ACTUALLY 6e! -Then the Complete Guides to... were 7e. -Then the Skills & Powers book was 8e... -Then Spells & Magic came along and gave us 9e... -Then the 3e PH came out, which must have actually been 10e... -Then 3e Oriental Adventures, which was 11e... -Then the 3.5 PH, which (apparently) was 12e... -Then the "Complete X" books changed a bunch of stuff up, so that must have been 13e... -Tome of Magic: 14e? -The Book of Nine Swords: 15e? -Then the 4e PH, which is 16e... -Followed by the 4e PH3 (PH2 stuck to the formulae pretty closely) was 17e... -...the Red Box for 4e, which is 18e... -Heroes of the XXX XXX must then be 19e. [/QUOTE]
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