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Will Constant Errata Kill the Essential Line?
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<blockquote data-quote="D'karr" data-source="post: 5180347" data-attributes="member: 336"><p>If the Essentials line is an evergreen product, and you will always have the same products, the line will reach a publishing point where errata will not be needed. If the product line gets reprinted every couple of years the errata should be included. </p><p></p><p>In addition, the things that have been updated the most (powers, magic items, etc.) are all in the Character Builder and get updated automatically as part of the monthly update. That right there will remove the majority of problems with updates.</p><p></p><p>The Essentials line seems like a very good approach to put the game in the hands of new people. Besides, for the price, the Essentials line provides more "playable" content than the core books.</p><p></p><p>With the starter set you can begin play immediately, and progress up to 3rd level. That is easily about 12 adventures, and the DM's kit has 2.</p><p></p><p>Somebody was speaking about the simplicity of the 4e rules and it is true. You can fit the <strong>necessary rules</strong> for 4e into a 10-12 page document, everything else is additional, but doesn't change the rules. Look at the rules provided with Keep on the Shadowfell for an example. With that you have covered the vast majority of events. The rest of the stuff is completely on the player side and is part of the character sheet, which is at the table in front of them for the game. What else do you need?</p><p></p><p>I haven't cracked a book open to "research" a rule question in over 1.5 years. With electronic tools it is even easier. BTW, the DM's screen actually has everything, "ruleswise", the DM absolutely needs to run the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D'karr, post: 5180347, member: 336"] If the Essentials line is an evergreen product, and you will always have the same products, the line will reach a publishing point where errata will not be needed. If the product line gets reprinted every couple of years the errata should be included. In addition, the things that have been updated the most (powers, magic items, etc.) are all in the Character Builder and get updated automatically as part of the monthly update. That right there will remove the majority of problems with updates. The Essentials line seems like a very good approach to put the game in the hands of new people. Besides, for the price, the Essentials line provides more "playable" content than the core books. With the starter set you can begin play immediately, and progress up to 3rd level. That is easily about 12 adventures, and the DM's kit has 2. Somebody was speaking about the simplicity of the 4e rules and it is true. You can fit the [B]necessary rules[/B] for 4e into a 10-12 page document, everything else is additional, but doesn't change the rules. Look at the rules provided with Keep on the Shadowfell for an example. With that you have covered the vast majority of events. The rest of the stuff is completely on the player side and is part of the character sheet, which is at the table in front of them for the game. What else do you need? I haven't cracked a book open to "research" a rule question in over 1.5 years. With electronic tools it is even easier. BTW, the DM's screen actually has everything, "ruleswise", the DM absolutely needs to run the game. [/QUOTE]
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