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<blockquote data-quote="Truename" data-source="post: 4594122" data-attributes="member: 78255"><p><em>Edit: Included fixes mentioned down-thread, added skills & feats</em></p><p></p><p>I had too much time on my hands, so I went through all of my old Player's Handbooks and made some rough numeric comparisons. I'm not sure what this tells us, if anything, but I put in the effort and might as well post it here.</p><p></p><p>RACES</p><p>1e: 7 races; 4 pages</p><p>2e: 6 races; 5 pages</p><p>3.5e: 7 races; 10 pages</p><p>4e: 8 races; 18 pages</p><p></p><p>CLASSES</p><p>1e: 5 classes, 5 subclasses, 1 in appendix; 26 pages (inc. 2 in appendix)</p><p>2e: 9 classes grouped into 4 categories; 16 pages</p><p>3.5e: 11 classes; 37 pages</p><p>4e: 8 classes; 31 pages (excluding powers, paragon paths, and epic destinies)</p><p></p><p>SPELLS & POWERS</p><p>1e: 453 spells (76 cleric, 78 druid, 194 magic-users, 65 illusionist, 40 psionic); used by 7 classes (64%) (psionics usable by 100%); 67 pages (inc. 7 psionics)</p><p>2e: 487 spells (313 wizard, 174 priest); used by 7 classes (78%); 126 pages</p><p>3.5e: 602 spells (shared); used by 7 classes (64%); 123 pages</p><p>4e: ~788 powers & rituals (5 racial, ~90 per class, 3 epic, 11 feat, 49 rituals); used by 8 classes (100%); 115 pages (95 class pages, 20 ritual pages)</p><p></p><p>SKILLS & NON-WEAPON PROFICIENCIES</p><p>1e: not included</p><p>2e: 82 (29 general, 12 priest, 16 rogue, 15 warrior, 10 wizard); 11 pages</p><p>3.5e: 45 (35 misc, 10 knowledge); 26 pages</p><p>4e: 17; 14 pages</p><p></p><p>FEATS & WEAPON PROFICIENCIES</p><p>1e: 1 (weapon proficiency); less than 1 page</p><p>2e: 2 (weapon proficiency, weapon specialization); 2 pages</p><p>3.5e: 109 (92 general, 8 item creation, 9 metamagic); 16 pages</p><p>4e: 172 (82 heroic, 62 paragon, 17 epic, 11 multiclass); 20 pages</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Truename, post: 4594122, member: 78255"] [I]Edit: Included fixes mentioned down-thread, added skills & feats[/I] I had too much time on my hands, so I went through all of my old Player's Handbooks and made some rough numeric comparisons. I'm not sure what this tells us, if anything, but I put in the effort and might as well post it here. RACES 1e: 7 races; 4 pages 2e: 6 races; 5 pages 3.5e: 7 races; 10 pages 4e: 8 races; 18 pages CLASSES 1e: 5 classes, 5 subclasses, 1 in appendix; 26 pages (inc. 2 in appendix) 2e: 9 classes grouped into 4 categories; 16 pages 3.5e: 11 classes; 37 pages 4e: 8 classes; 31 pages (excluding powers, paragon paths, and epic destinies) SPELLS & POWERS 1e: 453 spells (76 cleric, 78 druid, 194 magic-users, 65 illusionist, 40 psionic); used by 7 classes (64%) (psionics usable by 100%); 67 pages (inc. 7 psionics) 2e: 487 spells (313 wizard, 174 priest); used by 7 classes (78%); 126 pages 3.5e: 602 spells (shared); used by 7 classes (64%); 123 pages 4e: ~788 powers & rituals (5 racial, ~90 per class, 3 epic, 11 feat, 49 rituals); used by 8 classes (100%); 115 pages (95 class pages, 20 ritual pages) SKILLS & NON-WEAPON PROFICIENCIES 1e: not included 2e: 82 (29 general, 12 priest, 16 rogue, 15 warrior, 10 wizard); 11 pages 3.5e: 45 (35 misc, 10 knowledge); 26 pages 4e: 17; 14 pages FEATS & WEAPON PROFICIENCIES 1e: 1 (weapon proficiency); less than 1 page 2e: 2 (weapon proficiency, weapon specialization); 2 pages 3.5e: 109 (92 general, 8 item creation, 9 metamagic); 16 pages 4e: 172 (82 heroic, 62 paragon, 17 epic, 11 multiclass); 20 pages [/QUOTE]
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