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Message: <blockquote data-quote="johnnype" data-source="post: 2253173" data-attributes="member: 1944">You, Phil! No kidding.Bruce Cordell is also an interesting choice but I don't think he would necessarily focus on psionics. I seem to remember him saying that he likes to work on other projects as well. Robert J Schwalb, Owen KC Stephens, and Scott Gearin have done a wonderful job with The Black Company which in many respects is almost a new PHB.The same can be said of Steve Kenson and Blue Rose. Chris Pramas, although he's too busy with WHFRP.C.A. Suleiman, with Steve Kenson and Ari Marmell - I love what they did with Egyptian Adventures: HamunaptraMatthew Sernett is a genius. If he can do for a PHB what he did for the Advanced Bestiary then I'd buy it in a hot second.Aaron Loeb - Again, if he can do a PHB as well as he did The Book of the Righteous, the book is as good as sold.Eric Mona - Probably too busy with Dungeon Magazine but I'd love to see something from him.Ken Hite, David Pulver...the list goes on.Many others I'm forgetting. That said, just as important as the author is how they choose to make this "alternate PHB" different. For instance I have yet to see a reason for me to buy Arcana Unearthed (or evolved for that matter). The books just don't seem that different to standard D&D. Iron Lore on the other hand looks completely different to me. I know I'm going to buy it the second I see it, which is weird because the initial description didn't really grab me. The more I read about it, however, the more I saw it as a book for me. All of which is a long way of saying that what is important in a new PHB is what makes it different. If you are just going to rewrite the range without spell abilities and add a couple of new races then I'm not interested.</blockquote>

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