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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 2747464" data-attributes="member: 2020">I think WOTC did a fine job, if they spent the time and effort to dig up 1,000 spells, update them, and place them all in a single book.  My hat's off to those who had the unrewarding and mindwracking job of doing this, at WOTC.  Kudos to you.  I am one of those people who believe that Rules are There for Your Protection.  There is not a Chess match, without rules.  There is not a Bridge Tournament, without rules.  So what, you might ask.  Well ...  There is not a D&D game, without rules.  All that creativity, that aspiring of the imagination, that vaunted freedom of expression and all the grand storylines, are based on rules.  I would even argue that, the more rules, the greater the freedom.  (Those hobbits in the Scouring of the Shire, would hate me ...)  Well, here we are, with a book that has 280 pages of rules, brought together from 100 odd different sources and updated (a major task in itself) to fit the current rules.  The DM and players alike will have ready access to these rules, whereas before they had little access, and that was incorrect because it was not updated to the current rules.  This product may or may not be innovative, but it sure as heck will allow for innovation, creativity, imagination, and freedom.  The rules typically do.  Edena_of_Neith  EDIT:  This does not mean the rules will be used, as given.  That is up to the DM, and to the players.  But at least they HAVE a set of rules, to base their decisions on.  For example, they may prefer the 3.0 versions of these spells.  But at least they now know what the 3.5 spell versions ARE, so they may make a direct comparison.  Or perhaps they (like me) prefer 2nd edition spells with their much greater power level.  But at least they CAN make a power comparison, because they have the 3.5 spells laid out in a book to read.  Again, cheers to WOTC.</blockquote>

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