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<blockquote data-quote="Agnostic Paladin" data-source="post: 503758" data-attributes="member: 575"><p>I can see the advantages to clarified rules and better examples and layout. But I can't see any good coming of changed rules.</p><p></p><p>It's a matter of code forking (to stick with the OGL's own comparison to open source). We'll have almost three years of material written to the original books by the time these come out. (Well, except Monte's recent stuff, and the slowdown of releases that fear of rules changes may cause in 3rd party publishers.) After they're out, everyone has to decide which variant of d20 to write for. Original? Revised? Arcana Unearthed? Own variant?</p><p></p><p>Books aren't code, they can't all be easily revised to the current rules version, and, unlike open source code, can't simply be downloaded for (near) free when updates are put out.</p><p></p><p>Even if the only rules changes are simply feat and spell additions, that still means that players and DM's who want to be able to easily use future material will have to either buy the revised rules or be prepared to rewrite statblocks for npcs and creatures who use those feats and spells. (Or are new types of creatures.) I always approved of Wizards' policy of not referencing outside of the core books in their adventures. Now they'll have to choose which books to reference.</p><p></p><p>Actually, I think this is more of a new version of the rules, which, while a big problem in a dead-tree, non-free environment, isn't nearly as difficult to deal with as proprietary changes to the core system that makes one companies products not work with everyone else's.</p><p></p><p></p><p>On a different tangent; does anyone know if these books are finished yet? They're not releasing untill next summer, so where in production would they be right now?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Agnostic Paladin, post: 503758, member: 575"] I can see the advantages to clarified rules and better examples and layout. But I can't see any good coming of changed rules. It's a matter of code forking (to stick with the OGL's own comparison to open source). We'll have almost three years of material written to the original books by the time these come out. (Well, except Monte's recent stuff, and the slowdown of releases that fear of rules changes may cause in 3rd party publishers.) After they're out, everyone has to decide which variant of d20 to write for. Original? Revised? Arcana Unearthed? Own variant? Books aren't code, they can't all be easily revised to the current rules version, and, unlike open source code, can't simply be downloaded for (near) free when updates are put out. Even if the only rules changes are simply feat and spell additions, that still means that players and DM's who want to be able to easily use future material will have to either buy the revised rules or be prepared to rewrite statblocks for npcs and creatures who use those feats and spells. (Or are new types of creatures.) I always approved of Wizards' policy of not referencing outside of the core books in their adventures. Now they'll have to choose which books to reference. Actually, I think this is more of a new version of the rules, which, while a big problem in a dead-tree, non-free environment, isn't nearly as difficult to deal with as proprietary changes to the core system that makes one companies products not work with everyone else's. On a different tangent; does anyone know if these books are finished yet? They're not releasing untill next summer, so where in production would they be right now? [/QUOTE]
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