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[Yoink]

Quick question: is a d20 modern core rulebook a worthwhile purchase?
There's one here at work for about six bucks (before my discount), doesn't mention an edition anywhere but apparently it was first printed in 2002, if that tells you anything.

[wierd]

... Most core books can be found in PDF form in one place or another at 0$.

If you dont feel like having a "3 ring binder version", and instead want pretty paperback, just for the feel-- sure, go ahead. Not sure about utility for function though. That depends on the book itself.

[Yoink]

Yeah, I don't like e-books in general, let alone e-rulebooks - and I'm much too lazy to get them printed out myself (plus that would look less pleasant).

Might grab it tomorrow, I'll see how much I end up spending on groceries this evening. I was actually rather surprised at the number of rulebooks, modules and other RPG-related items I saw at work today; not sure if a big lot of such things came in recently or if it's just because someone rearranged the book section to make such things more visible.
Possibly both!

[wierd]

(*Learned how to bind real perfect-bound books on his own, because he thought it was cool. A color laser printer, with 11x17 paper, and a reasonable gutter allowance, some decopage glue, and some quality cardstock-- and you can have a very nice printed copy.  Usually, the cost of materials exceeds the cost of just buying it however. There ARE exceptions to that rule though.)

[Jimmy]

As a GM, I always value having a physical hardcover copy of the rules.

So much harder to bludgeon my players with electronic versions.

[wierd]

You know... I kinda wonder how thick an unabridged "3.5E Core + all expansions + all official splatbooks" sewn-spine bound book would be, and if people would be interested in appropriating them. LOL

(Naturally, unofficial reproduction is copyright violation. But having one enormous hardcover that you can put little earmark tabs on beats having 30 books, I think. I wouldnt use perfect-binding for that though. I would use sewn binding. Means I would need to make and use a drill jig to have uniformly placed holes in the quires for assembly, but I think it would be pretty bad ass.)

[LordPorkins]

As a GM, I always value having a physical hardcover copy of the rules.

So much harder to bludgeon my players with electronic versions.

Agreed. When someones whining about a rule throwing your laptop at their heads just doesn't have that same satisfaction.

[Mini]

You know... I kinda wonder how thick an unabridged "3.5E Core + all expansions + all official splatbooks" sewn-spine bound book would be

Not including 3.0 or setting specific books I have 47 of them on my computer. So it would likely be thicker than tall or wide. I can't see such a production being practical. If you add the setting books I have then that's another 33, and I am sure there are a significant number of those that I haven't retrieved. I've also used 5 of the 3.0 books (thanks grandfathering), but I'm sure there are a few more of those that still have useful things that never got 3.5 versions.

[pikachu17]

If in 5E you successfully True Polymorph something(into an object) that returns to life when killed, such as a naga or devil out of hell(such as a rakshasa), does it return to life, or stay polymorphed?

[GiglameshDespair]

It's an object then, not whatever it is that returns to life, so I imagine it stays the object.

[pikachu17]

Are there any limits on what kind of object it can create?
I assume an entire castle from a single mouse won't work.

[IcyTea31]

It's a 9th-level spell of world-shattering power. Turning a mouse into a castle should be within its power (unless you argue that a castle is made up of several discrete objects). And IIRC there's even a lower-level spell that conjures a castle or of nothing anyway. And yes, turning into an inanimate object causes the monster to lose all its abilities, presumably including any death-defying ones.

[pikachu17]

Okay, but it still seems like the most powerful 9th level spell, At least of the ones I can think of at the moment. What else can potentially one-hit-kill the Tarrarasque?
Also, if you use it on your dead friend, does you friend have control of the 9 CR creature?

[SOLDIER First]

another, bigger, tarrasque

[pikachu17]

Ah, but will it turn the smaller Tarrasque into adamantine armor, or a fortress made of diamonds?