D&D Core Rulebooks Online

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:53 pm

I found the 3.5 core rulebooks online in PDF format. Thought some of you might be interested.

Post by **Peregrinus** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:41 am

This is a link to copyrighted material... should this really be up?

The D20 SRD has all the open gaming stuff, and is more than required for NWN2.

blackheart · Post by **blackheart** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:15 pm

Nice, thanks!

This got me to googling a little bit and I found some good 4E information at this D&D fansite:

http://www.enworld.org/index.php?page=4e

Edit: I understand that 4E books start coming out this month.

Stormknife · Post by **Stormknife** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:58 pm

You understand incorrectly. WotC is releasing a preview book for the 4e races and classes.

coruscadragon · Post by **coruscadragon** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:39 pm

Stormknife wrote:You understand incorrectly. WotC is releasing a preview book for the 4e races and classes.

whareeeee???

hehe but yea the real books don't come out till june 08 or something

Blackthorn · Post by **Blackthorn** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:32 pm

ya if the copy right is still in effect we probably shouldn't have it up just to keep the owners of the board out of trouble, but thanks for thinking of us Rob. we know it was all with good intentions.
wow. I hadn't heard they were going to do a 4th ed or 5th if you count 3.5 as really being a 4th like some do.

StormRunner · Post by **StormRunner** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:41 pm

The owners of forums are in no way responsible for what people post on their boards as long as they don't host the law-infringing material on their server. Links and such are free game.

A certain Awful site (hint hint) has seen countless Cease/Desists and has always come out on top. The Dasarian hosts are not guilty of any crime, Rob is not guilty of any crime. The only person who might be is the guy who scanned all those rulebooks and put them up.

God bless the internet!

Blackthorn · Post by **Blackthorn** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:48 pm

That's cool. With the movie and music industries jumping the way they have I tend to lean towards caution.

Post by **Peregrinus** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:00 pm

Actually, if you download the PDFs on that site, you're also committing a crime.

You know, I don't care when it comes to music, since the music industry is pretty screwed up, but when it comes to books, its a different ballgame. As an aspiring writer, I really don't like seeing people steal published works.

Let me make this clear: please remove the link. Everything in the core books (with the exception of a couple of tables) are in the SRD. Everything else is unusable for NWN2, as the differences between the published things and the game implementation of them is significant.

lankycheese · Post by **lankycheese** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:42 am

I don't care when it comes to music

Your point had merit until then. But you're not a musician so it's all good right?

Post by **Peregrinus** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:54 pm

Actually, I am a musician, I just happen to know how the record companies in the US work. Artists get pennies compared to the companies, and the companies keep contracts based on old standards that benefit only themselves. For instance, there's a breakage surchage that record companies take that's based on the breakage percentage of old vinyl disks, which haven't been used in nearly 20 years. In the present music system, it is the artist and consumer who get screwed, while the company makes out like a bandit.

Frankly, I'd rather pay the artist directly than give a record label in the US any money.

The publishing industry is a bit different, and while author royalties are still smaller than the publishing company, there is a lot more overhead for a book company than a record company... distribution , or instance, is a completely different ballgame, as is production and pretty much everything else.

blackheart · Post by **blackheart** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:17 am

Information wants to be free.

Your genes are selfish.

E=MC2.

War is peace.

Freedom is slavery.

Ignorance is strength.

*Shrugs, reads something utterly fascinating on p.66 of the DMG*

Stormknife · Post by **Stormknife** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:58 pm

Blessed is the mind too small for doubt!

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kikkelipoika · Post by **kikkelipoika** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:20 pm

On a second thought, the happy part is not important. Just buy.