Wizard of the Coast Updated Product Listing!

[Drkfathr1]

Anyone else disappointed that there is no Fiendish Codex III listed.

Wheres the Yuguloth love?

 

[DaveMage]

Anyone else disappointed that there is no Fiendish Codex III listed.

Yes.

 

[Sammael]

I imagine that instead of Fiendish Codex III, we may get an "Expedition to Khin-Oin" or somesuch nonsense.

 

[TerraDave]

Speculation, will it ever stop ?

Hmm, so:

• No obvious player release past May (Rules comendium might be, but seems pretty DM oriented from the blurb).

• Some things that are not edition specific towards the end of the year (Realms history, sorceress, and that dungeon survival thing),

• Andy Collins and Mike Mearls are only credited with a march release, implying they may be real busy with some other big project...

• The ongoing rumour that winter fantasy/D&D eXPerience will be were big announcements are made

What does it mean??

(and there probably is only one evil book (though it possilbe it is being done in one big take and released as two books))

 

[Kaodi]

I wonder if Elder Evil will be designed to be nicely tied into Eberron, instead of being shoehorned in...

In any case... How can they have an Eberron book without Wayne Reynolds?!?! It's, it's... BLASPHEMY!

 

[JeffB]

Tired of hauling all of your D&D rules supplements to the gaming table? Having trouble finding the rule you need? The Rules Compendium supplement takes all of the game's most important rules and presents them in a single comprehensive, easy-to-reference volume for players and Dungeon Masters. In addition to presenting the rules of the game, the Rules Compendium incorporates official errata as well as behind-the-scenes designer and developer commentary explaining how the rules system has evolved and why certain rules work the way they do.

I hate to rant..but I feel the need to do so...

ANOTHER product designed at making things super easy ...

While the thought and principle is GREAT...this book and others are simply a band-aid...not a fix. There is a problem with rules & supplement bloat when a product such as this surfaces.

OK..yeah theres just too much crap in all the books...so lets throw some of the really important stuff in this one here...kind of a "in game reference" with just the rules you need.

but what about the monsters from MMIV I use?

or the Jumping Bunny PrC from Complete X?

or The nifty spells from Spell compendium my mage uses?

well its only 160 pages..wont take up THAT much more space.

Lets also justify WHY all these rules are good for you..with designer explanations..that makes it all better..."C'mon honey , I know the Castor Oil tastes terrible , but its GOOD FOR YOU...really!"

And we know that the system as is, is getting more difficult for your average DM when it comes to game prep or running higher level games...Unless you are a single 22 yo in college who has planty of time and no life other than gaming and beer and watching Anime. So instead of making thing simpler at the core with a new streamlined set of rules...you can buy a bunch of these Band-Aids...err....add ons.... to the increasingly clunky system..that may help you a bit.

End rant...

I'm not as hardcore of a gamer as 99% of you here on EnWorld. And I dont visit terribly often. So maybe I have a different perspective, But AFAIC this whole scenario is exactly like OD&D in its later years (brown books) 1E in its later years, and 2E in its later years. Its getting to the point of more and more "fluff" products (and I don't mean "story material"), re-hashes, and countless rule book options/add-ons.

I guess I'm just cranky today, so I apologize in advance, but IMO there's a real problem when WOTC feels the need to produce such a product and as a customer you feel you have to buy a rules compendium, *IN ADDITION TO THE RULEBOOKS* you've already bought. :\

 

[Harker Wade]

No new minis after Unhallowed?! No Icons?!! Ahhh!!!!

 

[hexgrid]

I hate to rant..but I feel the need to do so...

I don't understand your rant.

In order to remain a functioning company, WoTC has to keep publishing stuff- there's no way around it. All you have to do as a customer is buy the stuff that looks interesting to you and not buy the stuff that doesn't. Not a big deal, in my opinion.

 

[Vrecknidj]

No new minis after Unhallowed?! No Icons?!! Ahhh!!!!

Um, huh? That's weird.

Dave

 

[EricNoah]

I think the lineup looks pretty interesting. I know I was in the camp complaining a bit about "too many rulebooks, not enough materials that actually put all of the rules to use." I see a lot of cool-sounding adventures and other products that showcase the rules in combination with each other. I like that. It does seem kind of like feast-or-famine though -- when they go a direction they go that direction hard core!