Martial Powers: D&D Rules expansion

[Werecorpse]

I see on enworld a reference to this book coming out in October 21. Maybe I havent been paying attention and this has always been on the cards but it makes me feel a bit depressed that we are still 4 months away from the release date and they already have an expansion planned. It just underscores the principal that the 3 'core books' are less core than in current or past editions.

This is purely a marketing gimmick complaint- I am interested to see 4th edition when it arrives ( I see it as a different game rather than a deiiferent edition of the same game). I just dont want to have to immediately start putting aside money for rules expansions.

[CEBrown]

Werecorpse wrote:

I see on enworld a reference to this book coming out in October 21. Maybe I havent been paying attention and this has always been on the cards but it makes me feel a bit depressed that we are still 4 months away from the release date and they already have an expansion planned. It just underscores the principal that the 3 'core books' are less core than in current or past editions.

This is purely a marketing gimmick complaint- I am interested to see 4th edition when it arrives ( I see it as a different game rather than a deiiferent edition of the same game). I just dont want to have to immediately start putting aside money for rules expansions.

The implication is that each "Power Source" will eventually get a dedicated book, probably two a year until they run out (and with new PHBs each year, that's a pretty long list of possible books!) that expands each class type (my GUESS is that the PHBs show each class "focussed" for a Role; the Power Source books show how to build that class out to fit any other role with extra feats and talents, possible Prestige classes, and new Powers).

[CharlieRock]

As much bank as WotC makes with M:tG ... and they'd be crazy not to have all kinds of 'expansions'. I'd be surprised if they didn't have a generalised outline of 4th edition all the way out to 5th edition. It would only make things easier on them if they did.

[crosswiredmind]

Werecorpse wrote:

I see on enworld a reference to this book coming out in October 21. Maybe I havent been paying attention and this has always been on the cards but it makes me feel a bit depressed that we are still 4 months away from the release date and they already have an expansion planned. It just underscores the principal that the 3 'core books' are less core than in current or past editions.

This is purely a marketing gimmick complaint- I am interested to see 4th edition when it arrives ( I see it as a different game rather than a deiiferent edition of the same game). I just dont want to have to immediately start putting aside money for rules expansions.

Rules expansion could just be another name for a splat book - same pattern as 3E.

[Werecorpse]

crosswiredmind wrote:

Werecorpse wrote:

I see on enworld a reference to this book coming out in October 21. Maybe I havent been paying attention and this has always been on the cards but it makes me feel a bit depressed that we are still 4 months away from the release date and they already have an expansion planned. It just underscores the principal that the 3 'core books' are less core than in current or past editions.

This is purely a marketing gimmick complaint- I am interested to see 4th edition when it arrives ( I see it as a different game rather than a deiiferent edition of the same game). I just dont want to have to immediately start putting aside money for rules expansions.

Rules expansion could just be another name for a splat book - same pattern as 3E.

Yep, this style has been going for a few systems. I felt in 3e I could pick and choose which splat book to get (I got hardly any in 2e). I think you may be right in which case I can ignore these books. It is just that the rhetoric in pre 4e was that you could play the game without any of these things but they were icing - this time it seems more that the core books will not be the whole game and more will come later. Hope I am wrong.

[crosswiredmind]

Werecorpse wrote:

Hope I am wrong.

You could be right for all we know, but as of now it looks like just another splat book.