On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Lizard wrote:
> At 11:11 PM 9/6/00 -0400, Alexander P. Macris wrote:
> > No one will buy silly overpriced WOTC books when mine are just as
> > good, are fully compatible with the D&D product line, and cost less.
>
> Twenty dollars for a full-color hardcover is not overpriced in any world
> I have ever lived in. As a comparison, it's over twice as long in raw
> page count as the original 1st ed PHB, which cost 10 dollars in 1978 --
> easily 20 dollars in 2000. AND it's in full color.
Well, if what I was looking in a rules system was colored
paper and page count, that would be convincing. I'm not exactly sure
what the previous poster's intent was, but I'll say this: The 3ed
Players Handbook is not at all overpriced for D&D players, but IMO
it *is* overpriced for the 4 or so pages of rules that would be used
for, say, a modern espionage D20 game.
In short, the plan of using the D&D Players Handbook (which is
mostly classs, equipment, and spell lists) as the core rulebook for
other genre games is a little bizarre to me.
- John
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