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D&D 4E PHB III or 4E PHB which is first?
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Gold Roger
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Other: I don't know and I don't care.
PHB2 was a great product that moved some things nicely along and a 4th Edition will eventually come, but I don't feel the time for either PHB3 or 4th Edition has jet come.
There's still plenty of steam in 3rd Edition. If there's still enough in two years I'd be in favor of a PHB3, if not the time for a new edition has come.
PHB2 was a great product that moved some things nicely along and a 4th Edition will eventually come, but I don't feel the time for either PHB3 or 4th Edition has jet come.
There's still plenty of steam in 3rd Edition. If there's still enough in two years I'd be in favor of a PHB3, if not the time for a new edition has come.
Kanegrundar
Explorer
There's plenty of things left to explore with D&D as is evident with product schedule. PHB III will be likely in a year or so based on how ideas progress at WotC. If in another year or so the ideas dry out and/or people stop buying them, then you'll see the advent of 4E.
JoeGKushner
Adventurer
If WoTC wasn't doing more adventurers, I'd say PHB III but since they are...
Some people believe that Wizards publishing lots of adventures is the sign that they've run out of rules-oriented content they can cover.
Of course, the truth of the matter is they left adventure-publishing an open field for third parties operating under the OGL/SRD to support--that was pretty much the intent of the open license. All those thousands of DM's out there could have dusted off their favorite homebrewed dungeons an put them in print, while WotC focused on the crunchy bits. But those third-party companies didn't seem to pick up on the cue, and surprisingly little adventure material emerged. WotC ultimately shrugged and decided to take up the slack.
Of course, the truth of the matter is they left adventure-publishing an open field for third parties operating under the OGL/SRD to support--that was pretty much the intent of the open license. All those thousands of DM's out there could have dusted off their favorite homebrewed dungeons an put them in print, while WotC focused on the crunchy bits. But those third-party companies didn't seem to pick up on the cue, and surprisingly little adventure material emerged. WotC ultimately shrugged and decided to take up the slack.
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JRRNeiklot
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D&d 3.75.
Nyaricus
First Post
Other - space invasion with giant anthropomorhic cockroaches with lazer beams shooting out their butt-holes killing all of mankind and vapourizing the earth before either book sees the light of day.
-Nyaricus, he who thinks having an 'Other' option on a 4E poll is just asking for it
-Nyaricus, he who thinks having an 'Other' option on a 4E poll is just asking for it
MoogleEmpMog
First Post
Depends on sales of the PHB2. Purely on antecdotal evidence, I would guess it's been a very big hit, perhaps the biggest since the Eberron CS. If that's the case, I would expect PHB3 to get approved and the developers to start accumulating ideas for it, probably to release late next year.
On the flip side, if the PHB2 doesn't provide a spike in sales, I think WotC will (rightly) see it as a sign the market for 3.5 crunch is starting to fade. It's an exceedingly well done, mass-appeal, player-focused book with an attention-grabbing title that actually manages to fill holes that haven't been filled either in-house or by major 3rd party publishers. If that doesn't grab people, nothing will, and it increases the likelihood that 4e will move up in the development cycle.
On the flip side, if the PHB2 doesn't provide a spike in sales, I think WotC will (rightly) see it as a sign the market for 3.5 crunch is starting to fade. It's an exceedingly well done, mass-appeal, player-focused book with an attention-grabbing title that actually manages to fill holes that haven't been filled either in-house or by major 3rd party publishers. If that doesn't grab people, nothing will, and it increases the likelihood that 4e will move up in the development cycle.
