[dungeoncrawl] Re: the Two Towers

  • From: Johnathan Detrick <jdetrick@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 15:37:18 -0500

    Well, they wouldn't make any money off that, although it would be nice,
wouldn't it?  I'd even be willing to pay for the PDF.

Damon Kline wrote:

> Yes!  Or if they would even put it out on the web site to download in PDF
> format and then print out on your own.  I could handle that.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnathan Detrick [mailto:jdetrick@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 3:24 PM
> To: dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [dungeoncrawl] Re: the Two Towers
>
>     Exactly!  Who want to buy a new rulebook?  Not me.  What I'd prefer
> would
> be a small book that only included the rule changes.  But I suppose that
> would
> never happen.
>
> Damon Kline wrote:
>
> > Yes, let's squeeze as much money as possible out of what amounts to mostly
> > the same material, just reprinted.  Gotta love it.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: widderslainte [mailto:widderslainte@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 3:14 PM
> > To: dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [dungeoncrawl] Re: the Two Towers
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: dungeoncrawl-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:dungeoncrawl-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Grogan, Keith
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 14:19
> > > To: 'dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> > > Subject: [dungeoncrawl] Re: the Two Towers
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I just read about this the other night on WotC site. I was
> > > going to email out to the group as well. Wasn't extensive
> > > play testing supposed to keep something like this from
> > > happening? Oh well. So this is 3rd and half edition, or version 3.5:)
> >
> > I've heard it's more like 3.1 or 3.25.  If you waste time (like I do) on
> > online message boards, you hear people complaining about the same stuff:
> > rangers, bards, harm, haste, CR's, attacks of opportunity.  The official
> > 3rd Edition FAQ/Errata document is like 85 pages long.  Between Star
> > Wars, Cthulhu d20, and d20 modern, some of the descriptions and
> > explanations of rules are "better".  I think they also pillaged a few of
> > the non-WotC d20 products for ideas.  I think they may change the Ranger
> > to allow something like the d20 Modern 'talent trees'.  The other rumour
> > I've heard is they're changing the negative hp stabilization check to
> > some sort of fortitude save instead of a straight percentage.
> > Supposedly the core books are due for a new print run this summer
> > anyways, so they felt it was a good idea.
> >
> > Monte Cook is doing something similar, but with completely different
> > core classes and races.
> >
> > S.


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