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D20pfsrd is a site that I enjoy using to look up rules text quickly, rather than combing through my PDFs or physical sourcebooks.
As time progresses, I find myself using more pre-errata content. I think it would be actively helpful to have both pre-errata versions of rules and all errata'd versions of them on the site (with notes showing the version-order), so that the text for the old versions of things can be easily found.
Crane Wing is the obvious one that leaps to my mind, but with the recent rounds of errata, I'm getting concerned that the old versions of other stuff I use are going to start becoming similarly hard to find.
Would it be possible to add these old text-versions to the site and just generally keep the various iterations around?
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While I think it's a good idea, it's not likely going to happen on d20pfsrd.com just because of the additional work involved in calling out the differences etc. If you like the existing rules (pre-errata) you could always take a screenshot of a page prior to the rules change, or simply continue using the pre-errata'd original source material.
It's a possibility that Paizo will do that, since it was one of the questions Chris Lambertz asked us how would we like it done in the locked errata thread.
While I think it's a good idea, it's not likely going to happen on d20pfsrd.com just because of the additional work involved in calling out the differences etc. If you like the existing rules (pre-errata) you could always take a screenshot of a page prior to the rules change, or simply continue using the pre-errata'd original source material.
Backing this up.
Using pre-errata stuff is equal to homebrew.
While I think it's a good idea, it's not likely going to happen on d20pfsrd.com just because of the additional work involved in calling out the differences etc. If you like the existing rules (pre-errata) you could always take a screenshot of a page prior to the rules change, or simply continue using the pre-errata'd original source material.Backing this up.
Using pre-errata stuff is equal to homebrew.
So is using 3pp, what's your point?
I know it's a lot of work, and I don't expect d20pfsrd to do the work before paizo, but I don't believe for one second that they will leave it without if paizo really does it.
While I think it's a good idea, it's not likely going to happen on d20pfsrd.com just because of the additional work involved in calling out the differences etc. If you like the existing rules (pre-errata) you could always take a screenshot of a page prior to the rules change, or simply continue using the pre-errata'd original source material.Backing this up.
Using pre-errata stuff is equal to homebrew.
Have you tried doing up archive.org?
While I think it's a good idea, it's not likely going to happen on d20pfsrd.com just because of the additional work involved in calling out the differences etc. If you like the existing rules (pre-errata) you could always take a screenshot of a page prior to the rules change, or simply continue using the pre-errata'd original source material.Backing this up.
Using pre-errata stuff is equal to homebrew.
So is using 3pp, what's your point?
I know it's a lot of work, and I don't expect d20pfsrd to do the work before paizo, but I don't believe for one second that they will leave it without if paizo really does it.
3PP is not homebrew.
Both Paizo and 3PP are releasing products, d20 is the site they use to showcase it.
Errata is a measure to deliver the product that you want to have out there.
Any modifications to the intended product, including reversals of errata, is basically homebrew in that it's a modification you do for your own table that is not represented by a consumer product.
I think the site is perfectly fine as is, and I've never downloaded errata updates. Our games work just fine with the rules we have and no one worries about it.
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On a related subject, I would like to see a section or web page of what errata has been applied to this site. I saw a short-lived posting when the Advanced Class Guide errata was released. Maybe also to update the "Report a problem" page to make it easier to read what has been reported as a bug and what has been fixed (currently 2 separate tabs that don't seem to have any easily-seen associated formatting).
Absolutely love D20PFSRD! My friends run 3-4 games weekend (each of us GMing on a different day), and we use this website during EVERY session.