Spell Compendium: Is it worth the $$

[MrFilthyIke]

Absolutely worth every penny for the ease of reference!
Nice to have, but not a *huge* help.
Not really worth-while to purchase.
A complete waste of $$

Kinda biased towards being "Bad" eh?

I like it, read it at the bookstore, can't wait to buy it.

 

[Eye Tyrant]

Kinda biased towards being "Bad" eh?

I like it, read it at the bookstore, can't wait to buy it.

I see your point, not the best poll options I guess...

 

[TheAuldGrump]

This is a book that like Unearthed Arcana would have been twice as useful to me (as a DM) if it were a PDF.

If I were a player it is more useful in its current format, though being able to print out just the spells my caster has would also be useful.

The Auld Grump

 

[Darth K'Trava]

I'd say it's worth the money from the quick flip-through I did of a friend's copy during a game. Mine should be on its way from a vendor off ebay who sells his books for 30% off + free shipping if you spend over $30.

 

[rvalle]

Since I have just about 0 of the spells in the book... an unquestioned 'yes'.

Mine should be shipped soon and I'm looking forward to it.

rv

 

[Lord Rasputin]

I just picked it up today. The owner of my FLGS said to me that it was selling well, and mostly for my reason: right now, I need to bring both Complete Arcane and Libris Mortis to games wherein I play my necromancer. Now I need only bring one book. (Well, Tome and Blood too, but that isn't such a big deal, being a small softcover and all.)

 

[Psion]

I voted "nice to have" on general principle. I probably do have upwards of 80% of the material therein. However, spells are one thing my players like to mine more than any type of crunch, and sifting through all my dragons and WotC sourcebooks to glean a cool spell or two just ain't going to happen.

 

[3catcircus]

*IF* they had produced a book that contains *all* of the spells ever published for 3.0/3.5, from every source (Dragon magazine, Web Enhancements, along with *every* single published product for 3.0/3.5) and they *didn't* rename any of the spells, I'd consider picking it up.

 

[Greylock]

As somebody who doesn't really want to keep up with Splatbook Of The Month, one big book with (almost) all the spells in it is really a good thing.

But it doesn't. Doesn't even come close. It has "some" of them.

 

[Banshee16]

Does the Spelll Compendium only assemble existing spells, or does it have new spells?

I have many of the original sources, but rarely do I have the ability to bring all of them to a game, and often I forget about them, just because I read about a particular one in a supplement I purchased X months ago.

Banshee