[WOTC] Revised Corebooks for July confirmed with info

[TalonComics]

Who provided feedback and in what way? Another round of playtesting? Surveys? Word on the street?

And more importantly, who wrote the changes?

One form of feedback that I recall was a survey sent out to a bunch of us something like a year and a half ago that had different layouts for the Monster Manual in pdf form. I think there were 4 different layouts and you took the survey based on that.

I would guess the rest would be message boards and email. Possibly even playtesters.

Btw, there is no mention as to who is writing the corebook revisions. There's no mention of the original writers either!

~D

 

[Bagpuss]

edit: Back before we used minis in my game, we never used flanking, 5' step, etc... It took a lot out of the strategic combat. Our group loves battlemats because it helps them visualize exactly where everybody is in relation to each other. This is important when using those big, area-effect spells...

Before mini's I found combat more narative and hand things like people leaping on tables, swinging from chandeliars (sp?), etc.
and graphic discriptions of monsters could be scary.

Now its more move the little figure here, hit that other little figure. No matter how scary your discription is no one is scared when you plonk an inch-high lump of metal on the table.

 

[Bagpuss]

Btw, there is no mention as to who is writing the corebook revisions. There's no mention of the original writers either!

~D

No probably because most of them arn't on the payroll anymore.

 

[John Crichton]

Re: Re: Re: 3.1e!

You can be assured there will be errata, in the sense of "mistakes". They happen in the printing of any content, bar none.

Well, of course there will be little errors here and there considering there will be over 300 pages of content. However, they should be able to minimize most of it being that a healthy chunk of the material has already been done. Now they need to go over it will a fine-tooth comb and make sure they get it as right as they can.

 

[Kilmore]

Does anyone expect to see any non-WoTC derived material in these books like in the MM2? The way the OGL is designed, they've made sure that they have free use of a vast collection of material. On the other hand, I'm sure they'd be sensitive to accusations of cheezing other publishers out of their creative work.

Oh, and I wonder if we're going to get design credit.

 

[MerakSpielman]

Does anyone expect to see any non-WoTC derived material in these books like in the MM2? The way the OGL is designed, they've made sure that they have free use of a vast collection of material. On the other hand, I'm sure they'd be sensitive to accusations of cheezing other publishers out of their creative work.

Oh, and I wonder if we're going to get design credit.

Hmmmm.... If they put a fan-made, OGL monster in their new monster manual, but then don't release the MMrev as OGL, is the monster OGL or not?

 

[jgbrowning]

Perhaps im in the minority here, but i would have appreciated a single book with all 300 of the new pages in it. Then of course, as their print runs come to an end, they could print the revised versions. That way i'd have the option of only paying 30$ as opposed to 90$ for the "new" material that were probably already house-ruling now..

New art? Bah!

joe b.

 

[Nightfall]

Well I do believe the monster is STILL OGC, just the names and RP stuff isn't. Clark Peterson would be the man to ask since he's the one with the copyrights to the Creature Collection Monsters that got in. (Though I believe I'm in the right.)

 

[Numion]

Re: Disgusted!

I just heard that WotC will be releasing new Core Rule-books for D&D. I can not believe it!

Here in South Africa, the books cost me a whole lot more than what my US- and UK- counterparts would pay for them. With our bad exchange rate ($1 = R10), how would you like to pay $300 for the Player's Guide alone?

Well, it is not as bad as that, but it gets the point across! I just completed my collection (all three core books) and now I have to go out and buy another set of them?

All I can say is that I am disgusted! Next time, WotC, think about places beyond the USA - and loyal fans who have been playing D&D long before you were a twinkle in Hasbro's eyes! Your actions are killing us out here in South Africa.

I fell for the revised Star Wars Core Rulebook - but this time I am sure that I'll give WotC a huge miss....

Highly disgusted!
Blue Crane

Yadda yadda..

and you know what, the 2003 model of your car (if you have one) is better than your current. Doesn't that suck balls?

And I don't think that currency exchange rates work that way... do cars cost there 10x what they cost in the states?

 

[coyote6]

The Sage is just glad that not everyone is complaining about the Creature Collection Revised as much as these books...

The owner of the FLGS wasn't terribly pleased; he couldn't sell the copy (copies?) of CCI, Unrevised that he had, even at 50% off.

Just so you don't feel left out.