Why Did No One Tell me? Ultimate Toolbox!

[CharlesRyan]

Seems almost like a stealth release.

AEG kept a pretty tight lid on this until just a few weeks ago.

My guess is they didn't want to get anyone's hopes up until they were really, really sure it would be out on time.

Looks like it's going to be a pretty sweet book!

 

[Thanael]

I like 3E, so which one whould i get, this or the old 3E one? What are the main differences ? How detailed are the 3E stats? Does Ultimate Toolbox have more content?

PS: Please someone correct the typo in the thread title.

 

[CharlesRyan]

The new one is non-system-specific. No 3E rules (or rules for any game, for that matter).

 

[Thanael]

Yeah i pretty much got that. But is it essentially the old one minus stats or are there new/better/more tables ? And if the latter what all is new ?

 

[Aus_Snow]

I think the number of tables is about 2:1 or even 3:1, relative to the 3.0 book. But that other thread would be the place to look.

And it'll generally be a bigger book as well. But again, go to the sauce.

Emphasis on the '.0' bit, because while it does have stats (even stripped down monster statblocks), there are things like Wilderness Lore and Alchemy skills, Rangers with d10 HD, and so on.


edit --- now I took my own advice, 2:1 or 3:1 probably doesn't cut it.

 

[grodog]

From the intro (mislinked on the AEG preview site; here's the file), it sounds like an excellent book, though perhaps less-GM focused than the earlier tome. Even so, it's clocking in at 400 pages, which makes it more-than-double the size of the first version of Toolbox.

 

[Ashrem Bayle]

Anyone picked this up yet?

 

[op1983]

I just barely picked up Toolbox part 1. If Ultimate Toolbox is even a quarter of the cool I'll be picking it up as well.

 

[Ghostwind]

Bought it today.

 

[grodog]

Thoughts? And how much was it?