Revised Books: 320 Pages, $50 US? Um, Maybe $30...

[HellHound]

Wrong.

The full class stats ARE in the SRD, as are full spell descriptions, spell lists, etc.

Only the actual flavor text (what races take the class, how the class gets along with ofther classes, etc) is missing in the SRD.

 

[Ratenef]

So why buy any books at all, if the SRD covers it all?

A better question would be "Does what the SRD doesn't cover make it worth the $30 US to buy updated books?"

Since I don't feel like printing out 300+ pages per book on my home printer, odds are pretty heavy that I will buy the new books (and the ones after that and that and that).

Heck I'm a Wizards Junky (own ALL 3rd ed books (hard and soft) all FR stuff, CoC, WoT, SW). Whats another batch of money?

 

[Sagan Darkside]

So why buy any books at all, if the SRD covers it all?

A better question would be "Does what the SRD doesn't cover make it worth the $30 US to buy updated books?"

Since I don't feel like printing out 300+ pages per book on my home printer, odds are pretty heavy that I will buy the new books (and the ones after that and that and that).

You just answered your own question.

SD

 

[HellHound]

Only sections the SRD does not cover, really, are the flavor text, the character creation rules and the leveling up rules.

 

[EarthsShadow]

well, i plan on getting the books, and put them alongside Monte Cooks new books coming out at that time also.

 

[Rel]

In an (possibly unappreciated) effort to lighten the mood real quick, I just did some checking on what precious metals are trading for on the NYSE.

You can buy the revised books (assuming a total price of $90) for:

Less than a Gold Piece! (1GP = 114.43 $US)

or

62.22 Silver Pieces (1SP = 1.45 $US)

or

Less than HALF a Platinum Piece (1PP = 218.24 $US)


It appears to me that our real problem is that the stock exchange has not simply adopted the 100 SP = 10 GP = 1 PP system from the PHB. I guess they haven't gone metric yet.

 

[Storminator]

Just to close the circle, that works out to

190,537,393 Turkish lira per gold piece...

PS