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<blockquote data-quote="ZansForCans" data-source="post: 518481" data-attributes="member: 8059"><p><strong>Re: revisions to be posted in the SRD</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is good news, of course. I personally have no beef with them wanting to do revised editions. As mentioned several times in this thread, the size of the errata and FAQ certainly warrant some major print changes. Perhaps this is why the SRD has never been updated for that material.</p><p></p><p>But still, the SRD hasn't even been fully officially released yet (I'm happy to see that spells & items were released recently). And frankly, RTF is a ridiculously poor distribution format for it, especially as the sole format for an <em>open</em> product. (Yes, I know RTF can be read by things other than MS products, but there are always 'issues'. And yes, I know they are planning an ASCII version, but where is it? What's wrong with PDF like most of their other on-line content???)</p><p></p><p>Anyway, that all being said, the truth of the matter is that <strong>I</strong> bought the WoTC product, not the SRD. So did all the folks in my gaming group. If I want to run a game with the rPHB what do I tell my players? Suck it up? Do I pass around my rPHB to each player for a week? Or is it left to me to type up all the differences that might matter to my future campaigns?</p><p></p><p>Really, what I'd like to see is the <em>option</em> to snag a PDF from their site. Who cares if it's unwieldy? I (and my players) get to see the changes and it might even provide more incentive for us to make a purchase. In the meantime, we'd get to play with the updated rules that might be used in products coming out starting next summer. I wouldn't expect to be handed all the new 'value-added' material like new PrC, monsters, etc. Rather, an accurate list of the differences in the core elements (rules, classses, spells, etc.) would be all I would expect. Isn't that the least they can do for all of us that have provided "reliable and valuable input" (oh, and those reliable and valuable $$$ too <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ).</p><p></p><p>Maybe I'm wrong, but just publishing a revised SRD isn't going to be as accurate or as convienent as true core book update flyers would be. And the lack of this sort of question in the FAQ on the revised versions just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I hope it's just because they haven't decided...</p><p></p><p>That's my 2cp...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ZansForCans, post: 518481, member: 8059"] [b]Re: revisions to be posted in the SRD[/b] This is good news, of course. I personally have no beef with them wanting to do revised editions. As mentioned several times in this thread, the size of the errata and FAQ certainly warrant some major print changes. Perhaps this is why the SRD has never been updated for that material. But still, the SRD hasn't even been fully officially released yet (I'm happy to see that spells & items were released recently). And frankly, RTF is a ridiculously poor distribution format for it, especially as the sole format for an [i]open[/i] product. (Yes, I know RTF can be read by things other than MS products, but there are always 'issues'. And yes, I know they are planning an ASCII version, but where is it? What's wrong with PDF like most of their other on-line content???) Anyway, that all being said, the truth of the matter is that [b]I[/b] bought the WoTC product, not the SRD. So did all the folks in my gaming group. If I want to run a game with the rPHB what do I tell my players? Suck it up? Do I pass around my rPHB to each player for a week? Or is it left to me to type up all the differences that might matter to my future campaigns? Really, what I'd like to see is the [i]option[/i] to snag a PDF from their site. Who cares if it's unwieldy? I (and my players) get to see the changes and it might even provide more incentive for us to make a purchase. In the meantime, we'd get to play with the updated rules that might be used in products coming out starting next summer. I wouldn't expect to be handed all the new 'value-added' material like new PrC, monsters, etc. Rather, an accurate list of the differences in the core elements (rules, classses, spells, etc.) would be all I would expect. Isn't that the least they can do for all of us that have provided "reliable and valuable input" (oh, and those reliable and valuable $$$ too ;) ). Maybe I'm wrong, but just publishing a revised SRD isn't going to be as accurate or as convienent as true core book update flyers would be. And the lack of this sort of question in the FAQ on the revised versions just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I hope it's just because they haven't decided... That's my 2cp... [/QUOTE]
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