Warcraft Really Need 3.5?

[DralonXitz]

Hey, I was at Barnes & Nobles today looking at Warcraft RPG, and as I was leaving I saw, Needs 3.5 Players Manual. I own All 3 D&D 3.0 Books, but I dont want to shell out 30 Bucks for 3.5. Do you REALLY need 3.5 to run WC?

 

[Turanil]

Sorry, but I really don't know what Warcraft is.

However, if it is a d20 gaming product compliant with the OGL, they have the legal obligation to tell one must have the PHB to use it. Now, their own rules are probably made compatible with 3.5, so they say "needs 3.5". But the truth is, that many d20 games (such as Traveller 20 or Grim Tales for examples), do not require the core rulebooks once you know the game. If you know the basics (roll stats for character, and the basic mechanics) you can buy the game and play with it, it doesn't require anything. In any case, since you have 3.0 you already have all you need to use this Warcraft.

Of course, since you have 3.0, you can also download the SRD 3.5 on WotC website, and thus you are sure to have everything needed to use Warcraft (just in case).

 

[Razuur]

I would say you'll be able to get by just peachy with your 3.0 books...

To me that just indicates 3.5 compliance, to those who make a distinction (I don't!)

 

[Ibram]

I've got both the Warcraft book and 3.5 and frankly the 3.0 book will do just as well. Since the Warcraft book came out after 3.5 then it only makes sense that they would say its 3.5 compliant

 

[grinning_loony]

You should be fine with the 3.0 books. Remember that you can also check out the 3.5 stuff on the SRD site (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20/article/srd35).

-Luke Johnson
Freelancer
Warcraft RPG author

 

[arscott]

Besides, Changes in Races, Classes, and Monsters make many of the 3.5 changes moot.