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<blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 504130" data-attributes="member: 5143">That's not exactly true.&nbsp; Since they said the classes would be rebalanced, just imagine this:They assume the bard is underpowered so they add a power called &quot;Self Depreciating Song&quot; gained at 2nd level (or something like that, just a silly example).After the Revised Core books come out, they release an adventure that you decide to buy, in it is a major bard NPC who has listed as his powers &quot;Self Depreciating Song&quot;.&nbsp; Then the description of what he'll do says &quot;This NPC will try to use his self depreciating song on the PCs as much as possible.&nbsp; If it works, he will then drag them off as they will be helpless.&quot;This leaves you wondering &quot;What the hell is self depreciating song and how exactly does it leave PCs helpless?&quot;Thus, you may say &quot;All of us who are happy with our games don't have to buy it&quot;.&nbsp; But, the fact that it was said somewhere that these new books would &quot;contain information on how to integrate new material into your existing games&quot; means that it is a big enough change to require some adjustments.&nbsp; Possibly some people who don't plan on buying any new books now would be fine just to use all the old ones.&nbsp; But without failure, at least a couple times you will run into a feat from a new book that makes no sense without the changes in the Revised Core books, or a prestige class that you can't take using the rules in the pre-revised core rule books.Majoru Oakheart</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Majoru Oakheart, post: 504130, member: 5143"] That's not exactly true. Since they said the classes would be rebalanced, just imagine this: They assume the bard is underpowered so they add a power called "Self Depreciating Song" gained at 2nd level (or something like that, just a silly example). After the Revised Core books come out, they release an adventure that you decide to buy, in it is a major bard NPC who has listed as his powers "Self Depreciating Song". Then the description of what he'll do says "This NPC will try to use his self depreciating song on the PCs as much as possible. If it works, he will then drag them off as they will be helpless." This leaves you wondering "What the hell is self depreciating song and how exactly does it leave PCs helpless?" Thus, you may say "All of us who are happy with our games don't have to buy it". But, the fact that it was said somewhere that these new books would "contain information on how to integrate new material into your existing games" means that it is a big enough change to require some adjustments. Possibly some people who don't plan on buying any new books now would be fine just to use all the old ones. But without failure, at least a couple times you will run into a feat from a new book that makes no sense without the changes in the Revised Core books, or a prestige class that you can't take using the rules in the pre-revised core rule books. Majoru Oakheart [/QUOTE]

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