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<blockquote data-quote="Mighty Veil" data-source="post: 3780348" data-attributes="member: 30559"><p>I think it would be a good idea. The main 3 core books have their brand identity. It's much stronger to release a book with new races, spells, and classes related goods in the strongest brand name. PHB is stronger that any splat book series name you're going to come up with, like the Complete series.</p><p></p><p>Not sure if every year requires all 3 to be released.</p><p></p><p>Also the books Unearthed Arcana and Fiend Folio can be added into the mix, with their own identity. UA I feel would be a good book to have new house rule ideas and to focus more on the races and classes from the current released PHB. Maybe turn FF into a book for options for monsters and pre-generated stat blocks for encounters. I'd leave the Planes book for a future DMG with the next MM for its monsters and PHB for its player's side of things. So a DMG II is released which focuses on the Planes for the core rules, core world and other supported game worlds. PHB III has its players related stuff. MM III has the monsters. UA has the crunchy options and creamy stuff to how the Planes can effect current releases. In this scenario it'd be for PHB (core), PHB II (let's pretend that's psionics), PHB III (Planes). And so on..</p><p></p><p>Maybe game worlds should get their own core books too. Realms gets its PHB, DMG, MM, UA, FF.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mighty Veil, post: 3780348, member: 30559"] I think it would be a good idea. The main 3 core books have their brand identity. It's much stronger to release a book with new races, spells, and classes related goods in the strongest brand name. PHB is stronger that any splat book series name you're going to come up with, like the Complete series. Not sure if every year requires all 3 to be released. Also the books Unearthed Arcana and Fiend Folio can be added into the mix, with their own identity. UA I feel would be a good book to have new house rule ideas and to focus more on the races and classes from the current released PHB. Maybe turn FF into a book for options for monsters and pre-generated stat blocks for encounters. I'd leave the Planes book for a future DMG with the next MM for its monsters and PHB for its player's side of things. So a DMG II is released which focuses on the Planes for the core rules, core world and other supported game worlds. PHB III has its players related stuff. MM III has the monsters. UA has the crunchy options and creamy stuff to how the Planes can effect current releases. In this scenario it'd be for PHB (core), PHB II (let's pretend that's psionics), PHB III (Planes). And so on.. Maybe game worlds should get their own core books too. Realms gets its PHB, DMG, MM, UA, FF. [/QUOTE]
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