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<blockquote data-quote="Mokona" data-source="post: 4601833" data-attributes="member: 24891">I got all the splat books (Sword &amp; Fist, Tome &amp; Blood, Song &amp; Silence, Defenders of the Faith, and Masters of the Wild) because I liked new prestige classes.&nbsp; The various new feats and prestige classes gave me inspiration for new characters.Sword &amp; Fist generated the splat book comment because of the naming convention &quot;* &amp; *&quot;.&nbsp; * is sometimes (often?) called a splat in computer lingo.&nbsp; So Sword &amp; Fist was the first * &amp; * aka Splat &amp; Splat book which just go shortened to &quot;splat books&quot;.&nbsp; You could also make the argument that they're called splat books because most covered two character class so &quot;Class * &amp; Class *&quot; book.&nbsp; Song &amp; Silence covered Rogues &amp; Bards. Tome &amp; Blood covered Wizards &amp; Sorcerers.Races of Stone would not be a splat book because it is not part of the character class series.&nbsp; Draconomicon is also not a splat book because it is even more distant from the concept of Class A &amp; Class B books.The series of complete books for v.3.5 has a name (they're called the Complete Series).&nbsp; Technically Complete Warrior is really very similar to a Sword &amp; Fist v.3.5 so it does make some sense to call the class Complete books splat books as well.&nbsp; The analogy breaks down a little because Wizards of the Coast tried to make Complete Warrior with stuff for wizards and all the other base classes.Wizards also released new base classes under v.3.5 but most of them were less exciting and original to me than the majority of prestige classes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mokona, post: 4601833, member: 24891"] I got all the splat books ([i]Sword & Fist[/i], [i]Tome & Blood[/i], [i]Song & Silence[/i], [i]Defenders of the Faith[/i], and [i]Masters of the Wild[/i]) because I liked new prestige classes. The various new feats and prestige classes gave me inspiration for new characters. [i]Sword & Fist[/i] generated the splat book comment because of the naming convention "[i]* & *[/i]". * is sometimes (often?) called a splat in computer lingo. So [i]Sword & Fist[/i] was the first [i]* & *[/i] aka [i]Splat & Splat[/i] book which just go shortened to "splat books". You could also make the argument that they're called splat books because most covered two character class so "Class * & Class *" book. [i]Song & Silence[/i] covered Rogues & Bards. [i]Tome & Blood[/i] covered Wizards & Sorcerers. Races of Stone would not be a splat book because it is not part of the character class series. Draconomicon is also not a splat book because it is even more distant from the concept of Class A & Class B books. The series of complete books for v.3.5 has a name (they're called the Complete Series). Technically [i]Complete Warrior[/i] is really very similar to a [i]Sword & Fist v.3.5[/i] so it does make some sense to call the class Complete books splat books as well. The analogy breaks down a little because [b]Wizards of the Coast[/b] tried to make [i]Complete Warrior[/i] with stuff for wizards and all the other base classes. [b]Wizards[/b] also released new base classes under v.3.5 but most of them were less exciting and original to me than the majority of prestige classes. [/QUOTE]

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