[WOTC] Revised Corebooks for July confirmed with info

[Mark]

I'm really not sure why there is a 3 number gap between each book.

~Derek

How are you doing, Squiggle-D?

I'll start the guessing..

Could it be that the gaps reserve numbers for Second and Third printings of each revised edition?

Perhaps they are for editions in foreign languages of the revised books?

Maybe all the good numbers are taken, these are the ones that are left and just happen to fall every three numbers...?

 

[TalonComics]

They'll all be 320 pages? Sweet! That's a lot more for the DMGuide and MM then!

What else is coming from WotC in Q2 for D&D and Star Wars?

Heh, that would be here:
http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32475

I wanted to get the revised books in their own post so there could be two different discussions.

Mark, I'm hanging in there! Things have settled down and I'm pretty much caught up. Currently, I'm updating all of the product pages on my site. I'm back in the saddle again as it were.
My son got a new PC for his Christmas/birthday so I'm reading EN World threads aagain from there. Hopefully I'll be a regular fixture again!

~Derek

 

[thalmin]

Derek, welcome back.

 

[Nightfall]

Yes it is nice to have you back Derek/Talon!


Btw I've decided on a wait and see atittude concern this "revision". I guess CC revised, I don't know how much I would actually use compared to what I have now.

 

[Ashy]

Welcome back, Derek! Glad to see that you've worked things out!

 

[TalonComics]

As I recall I believe many people were looking for the 2nd printings of the DM's Guide and the Monster Manual to allow for errata. This is it including a 3rd printing of the PHB.

What's odd right now is there is a hybrid PHB currently in print that contains the following:
- Inside says it's 1st print
- No character generator CD in the back
- The 1st print additional material in the back that previewed the DMG and the MM is replaced with the additional material from the 2nd printing PHB

I haven't been able to compare the content of the book to the 2nd printing of the PHB though. I honestly have no idea what to call this bizarre print of the PHB.

Thanks for the welcome back guys!

~D

 

[Ashy]

Yea, it'll probably be worth a gazillion bucks to a collector someday.

 

[thalmin]

As I recall I believe many people were looking for the 2nd printings of the DM's Guide and the Monster Manual to allow for errata. This is it including a 3rd printing of the PHB.

What's odd right now is there is a hybrid PHB currently in print that contains the following:
- Inside says it's 1st print
- No character generator CD in the back
- The 1st print additional material in the back that previewed the DMG and the MM is replaced with the additional material from the 2nd printing PHB

I haven't been able to compare the content of the book to the 2nd printing of the PHB though. I honestly have no idea what to call this bizarre print of the PHB.

Thanks for the welcome back guys!

~D

Also the cover has the newer $29.95 price actually printed on the cover instead of on a sticker.

 

[greymarch]

I dont want to spend another 90 dollars for three books I already own, but if the changes are worthwhile, perhaps I will buy them.

I am a ranger junkie, and have always felt that they are under-powered in 3rd edition. Perhaps the revised PHB will restore my faith in rangers.

 

[TalonComics]

Hey Curt,

I saw you mentioned a 3rd printing in another post. Is this the 3rd printing? Have you been able to compare the content at all to the 2nd prints? I'm really curious but there's no way to order specific printings of the PHB from Alliance... And I'm not curious enough to buy it at the bookstore for full price.

~D