Once upon a time most likely on another forum I remember someone trying to gauge interest in a series of books he was considering releasing.
If I remember correctly the idea was to take all of the player information for a given class and put it into one book. For instance the Wizard book would contain everything from the Core Rulebook, APG, UM, UC, ARG that pertained to playing a wizard - spells, feats, archetypes, etc. (Although when I originally came across this idea most likely only the Core Rulebook and the APG were mentioned.
There would most likely be one book for each class. And that way it would eliminate the need to use multiple sources.
Is this something any 3rd party publisher has actually considered doing? I know that I would most likely pick up the relevant book for any class I was playing. Or is this the kind of thing that not many would be interested in?
The closest thing I have seen to this for Pathfinder was the Tricky Owlbear v3.75 Player's Chapbook. But, they have not given any updates in quite some time and also won't respond to any questions about it. So, maybe they too think this kind of book wouldn't sell well.
So, am I alone in wanting to see something like this from a 3PP?
Many feats apply to more than one class so even if you buy 3 books I don't think it is worth it. I can also normally tell which feat a book came out of just by the name, if it came from Paizo's hard covers.
I would just rather pay for Core Rulebook, APG, UM, UC, ARG, and I would not pay for them again, which is basically what I would be doing if I bought a wizard book with the same information in it, and then did the same for other classed.
D20pfsrd, and the PRD have some things already listed, but probably not to the extent that you want.
You can select spells by class as an example, or feats by book, or only combat feats, and so on.
Yeah, I love the fact that the PRD and d20pfsrd exist. But, I just don't find myself using them much at all. I guess I just really prefer physical books.
I imagine I might just be in a very small minority in thinking that a series of books like this would be very useful.
I'd love such a book, but I think the concept is going to struggle with the issue of going out of date within a couple of months (and may well be incomplete on launch, depending on what other sourcebooks come out at the same time).
After that it's most of the information pertaining to wizards and doomed to become less and less complete.
After that it's most of the information pertaining to wizards and doomed to become less and less complete.
I'd be happy with a professional looking book for each class containing the material from Core, APG, UM, and UC personally. Even if it is eventually not complete due to a new release there would still be one heck of a lot of options in that one book.
But, it does appear there is very little interest in this.