PHB II in March?

[Glyfair]

I noticed over the last couple of days that WotC has updated the product list through April. It seems the PHB II wil be out next March. I guess it makes sense to release the three "II" books wider apart than the "I" books.

Also added is "Arcane Power" in April. I guess this the last of the Israeli leak the day of the 4E announcement.

 

[MerricB]

Can't come soon enough for me.

Hey, I want Tome of Treasure (or whatever it's called) tomorrow!

Cheers,
Merric

 

[Rechan]

Sweet.

However, the implication that it will have Divine and Arcane in it, instead of Psionics or Shadow (or any other *New* power source beyond Primal) DOES make me mad.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

My guess is that Shadow will be saved for the Shadowfell book.

I'm hoping Illusionist ends up being Arcane, but I don't hold out a lot of hope.

 

[Wraith101]

They might put a couple of specialist wizards in the Arcane Power book; probably not the illusionist though.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Mouseferatu! Only you can save my gnome illusionist!

 

[Scholar & Brutalman]

I think the rapid release and the power source mix may have been forced upon Wizard by two other decisions they've apparently made. Firstly core classes should only appear in the PHBs and setting player guides and secondly they want to produce the Arcane Power and Divine Power splatbooks.

With only two classes each for those sources in the PHB1 they need to publish more of each before they can have enough to fill the splats, and the only place they want to publish them is in a PHB. Thus the PHB2 comes out a month before Arcane Power.

 

[Half-orc]

I think the Barbarian will be in there so I'm looking forward to it.

 

[Wepwawet]

I think the Barbarian will be in there so I'm looking forward to it.

And also the Druid!

Well, we don't know exactly what classes will be present in the PHB2, but probably most of the classes people assumed will be there, just with a different power source than we expected.

Anyway, I always found it silly to have so many different power sources, almost one for each class.
For example, I assume Psions will be arcane, just more focused on enchantments and charms and thelepathy and that stuff.
Arcane, Divine, Martial and Primal have quite a broad scope. We don't really need new weird power sources for speciallizations of the base sources.

 

[Zurai]

For example, I assume Psions will be arcane, just more focused on enchantments and charms and thelepathy and that stuff.

You assume wrong. Psions will have the Psi power source. The PHB lists all 8 power sources (Martial, Arcane, Divine, Primal, Psi, Ki, Shadow, Elemental).