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Kuje
Great Reader
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 Posted - 25 Jun 2004 : 04:45:04
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Speaking of errata.... Is any one else sort of annoyed that we only have errata for the FRCS and Magic of Faerun? Yes I know there are "updates" in the Player's Guide but come on, there are eight other 3/3.5 FR products out there that are NOT error free. We haven't had a errata update, from WOTC, in over two years for FR products!
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For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Edited by - Kuje on 25 Jun 2004 04:46:41
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 25 Jun 2004 : 04:50:14
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Originally posted by kuje31
Speaking of errata.... Is any one else sort of annoyed that we only have errata for the FRCS and Magic of Faerun? Yes I know there are "updates" in the Player's Guide but come on, there are eight other 3/3.5 FR products out there that are NOT error free. We haven't had a errata update, from WOTC, in over two years for FR products!
Yes, I understand your frustration. I just don't think the situation will change. Products from WOTC and D20 companies will continue to be published with errors and long delayed errata (or none at all) until consumers stop buying such products. And that possibility isn't going to happen any time soon. |
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Sarta
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 25 Jun 2004 : 05:04:35
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It's kind of sad. Someone who wished to undertake a heroic task could probably compile a pretty comprehensive errata by cataloging the various answers in the "Ask Rich Baker" thread.
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2004 : 05:21:01
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Originally posted by Sarta
It's kind of sad. Someone who wished to undertake a heroic task could probably compile a pretty comprehensive errata by cataloging the various answers in the "Ask Rich Baker" thread.
Sarta
Most of us have done so in the past, each time a sourcebook for FR came out... It's not like the fans haven't done so and all of us would have been more then happy for WOTC to take those old threads and use them for errata.....
I don't know it just seems annoying that there isn't more official errata except for the FRCS and Magic of Faerun.... |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2004 : 05:27:20
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Originally posted by kuje31
Most of us have done so in the past, each time a sourcebook for FR came out... It's not like the fans haven't done so and all of us would have been more then happy for WOTC to take those old threads and use them for errata.....
I wonder if it's WOTC falling back on the mindset, "Well, the online fans are the diehards ones" and thus, only they care about errata? |
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Kuje
Great Reader
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7915 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2004 : 05:49:45
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Originally posted by SiriusBlack
I wonder if it's WOTC falling back on the mindset, "Well, the online fans are the diehards ones" and thus, only they care about errata?
Maybe, but it's pretty sloppy when there are glaring errors in FR lore as well as spelling mistakes that are not being updated with errata..... |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2004 : 06:00:50
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Originally posted by kuje31
Maybe, but it's pretty sloppy when there are glaring errors in FR lore as well as spelling mistakes that are not being updated with errata.....
Yes, but I think the FR lore conflicts are never going to be addressed outside of something like Richard Baker's thread on the WOTC boards or when a new product tackles a certain subject. |
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Garen Thal
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 25 Jun 2004 : 06:00:58
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Originally posted by SiriusBlack
I wonder if it's WOTC falling back on the mindset, "Well, the online fans are the diehards ones" and thus, only they care about errata?
I don't know about that. Since errata only appears on the WotC website, online fans are the only ones that would have access to the errata anyway.
Part of me thinks that D&D fans these days are spoiled, in that we get errata in the first place (or does no one remember the days before websites and easily accessible corrections?). Then the spoiled gamer part tells the rest of me to shut up and start cataloguing errors...  |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
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Posted - 25 Jun 2004 : 06:06:57
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Originally posted by Garen Thal
Part of me thinks that D&D fans these days are spoiled, in that we get errata in the first place (or does no one remember the days before websites and easily accessible corrections?). Then the spoiled gamer part tells the rest of me to shut up and start cataloguing errors...
I understand those feelings. However, I could flip it around and say a hypothetical company is spoiled in that it's secure in the knowledge that fans will purchase its gaming products no matter the amount of errors that are within each book. |
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Sarta
Senior Scribe
USA
505 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2004 : 06:09:37
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Originally posted by Garen Thal
Part of me thinks that D&D fans these days are spoiled, in that we get errata in the first place (or does no one remember the days before websites and easily accessible corrections?). Then the spoiled gamer part tells the rest of me to shut up and start cataloguing errors...
 Ahh, the good ole' days, when you had to by the next expansion in order to get the errata in the back of the book for the last one. If you didn't have the first book, you almost couldn't help but read through the impressive list of errata for a source you were completely unfamiliar with and try to piece together what the heck they are fixing.
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2004 : 06:24:53
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Originally posted by Garen Thal
Part of me thinks that D&D fans these days are spoiled, in that we get errata in the first place (or does no one remember the days before websites and easily accessible corrections?). Then the spoiled gamer part tells the rest of me to shut up and start cataloguing errors...
Which is why it used to come out in Dragon... but wait that wasn't "official" according to some posters. :) |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Kuje
Great Reader
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7915 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2004 : 06:26:39
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Originally posted by SiriusBlack
Yes, but I think the FR lore conflicts are never going to be addressed outside of something like Richard Baker's thread on the WOTC boards or when a new product tackles a certain subject.
True, but it's still a little sloppy. :) Shrug, even in 2e there was errata either put on the net, or through Dragon, or in new sourcebooks..... |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
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Posted - 25 Jun 2004 : 15:28:48
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Originally posted by kuje31
True, but it's still a little sloppy. :) Shrug, even in 2e there was errata either put on the net, or through Dragon, or in new sourcebooks.....
Dragon? They put errata out in an unofficial source? 
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