Sir Torlgrith

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4 posts. Alias of Bart Vissers.


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Ha GSL or not to GSL...all so passé by now.

Let me (and you if you want) look forward!!!

SO PAIZO, what is the next big thing you have in mind?

EDIT: Under OGL that is.


I won’t change to 4E. Not because of the rules changes– IMO I still don’t know enough yet – but because I’m 35, have a lot of other things in life…you know the story. Meaning that I don’t want to spend time to learn another rules set. In my professional life in the IT-world, change is the only constant and maybe therefore I long for a little more stability in some other domains. On top of that I and my fellow players only scratched the surface of the 3.5E rules set because we don’t play as often as we used to. Therefore we never bumped against the so said limits of 3.5E. Probably in the future we will hit them and then I can still look for a newer edition if the need arises.

But there comes the flavour aspect of the 4E. When I finally decide to switch to 4.5E or 5E will there be still 'D&D as we know it'? If you still play 1E (just to take an edition), you can still be part of the larger ‘D&D universe’ just the mechanics of how you experience this universe are different. In the future those who play D&D will not only be divided along the mechanics –line but also on the ‘flavour’-line (sorry could not find a more suitable term quickly). What if I start to look for the then available edition and I find out that it is something I don’t recognize as the game we played until then? I doubt I will buy it because it just has D&D on the cover.

But I will also tell another thingy. I started playing D&D with the 2E-rules, an edition which has IMO a rather negative rep on these boards (can be wrong on that). What if my FLGS had decided not to sell the 2E books? Chances are that I would be playing another RPG right now. And don’t forget my friends who I introduced to D&D instead of something else. So on this I concur with Press Man :

pres man wrote:


Though unless Paizo does what Artifact suggested and come up with its own core rules book, they are going to have to switch eventually. They are not at this time a stand alone product and so they will not be able to recruit brand new customers. Some of us old curmgeons might think, "I got all the books I need, I ain't switching!", but the guy in his first semester of college that goes to the game store for the first time might not have that option, he's going to grab whatever edition is on the shelf, and in a few months that is going to be 4th edition.

So I would not ask Paizo to write alternative rule-sets but to guard as closely as possible the grand feeling of being part of a common D&D-universe as play-ground for our own imagination in whatever rules-edition it is brought. If you can do that ( OGL and other real-world factors permitting) you got me hooked for the coming years (personal finances permitting).


Hello all,

Thanks again for your opinion. Will certainly consider your lists.
One or two of the complete series will probably get on my short list. As I plan STAP, the Hordes of the Abyss will also be usefull I think.
As for the rest...it will be counting the beans first. Hope that the 3.5 Ed. books don't disappear to quickly from the shelves.

As for those who go for 4th ed. Enjoy and have fun!!! (no sarcasm intended) I will follow your exploits here or elsewhere. And maybe if I strike it rich and 4Ed. is the MAX well...

As for those who stick to 3.5. Enjoy and have fun too!!! at least I will :-)

TB2


As ‘the bullet has gone through the church’ as we say over here or may be better said, through the D&D 3.5 Ed., it’s time to look for opportunities.

I never have invested in the ‘splatbooks’ and may be now I can afford to buy the really good ones at more reasonable prices for my budget. With the announcement now made I can image prices for 3.5 Ed. products will fall.

Who in his right mind would buy books which will become obsolete? Well it seems my mind is not right (nor left for that matter) so here I go:
What are according to you the must have books for D&D 3.5? A top-3, 10, 20 it ‘s all good for me , I just want your very own opinion. To narrow it down a little bit you may keep it to Wotc publications although you can cite other publishers too.

I searched a bit on this site for something similar but didn't find anything, at least not directly. Should this be the case a reference to this tread(s) if fine for me too.

Many thanks for your time.

TB2