splat books compatibility

[chomskola]

IS there a link or resource to make splat books and other supplements from £ ed compatible with 3.5 also, a list of which books were made for use with 3.5?

[Lateral]

...I think you're asking how to make 3.0 splatbooks compatible with 3.5 splatbooks, but I honestly can't parse anything you said after the random pound symbol.

Wikipedia has a full list, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons_rulebooks#Dungeons_.2 6_Dragons_3rd_edition_and_v3.5) but 3.0 and 3.5 splats aren't separated. They should all be compatible, though, since 3.5 and 3.0 are supposed to be compatible, but some things were updated in later books (in particular, a lot of stuff in Tome and Blood was updated in Complete Arcane, and a lot of spells were updated in the Spell Compendium), and some things might need small tweaks.

[Curmudgeon]

Mostly you have to check the publication date: anything after summer of 2003 is 3.5; before that is 3.0.

There's an early 3.5 list of official replacements here (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20050110x). Note that things listed don't necessarily have the same name; the 3.0 Master of Chains is replaced by the 3.5 Exotic Weapon Master, for instance. Spell Compendium has a list of replacement spells in the front of that book. Apart from those official lists, the general replacement rule is that if something exists with the same (or nearly so) name in the same category (spell, class, feat, item, & c.), the new version replaces the old. So 3.0 quick-loading in Arms and Equipment Guide is no longer available; it's replaced by quick loading in Magic Item Compendium. There are replacements inside 3.5, too; a lot of the spells from the Complete series books are updated in Spell Compendium. The only way anyone in a 3.5 game can use an older version is if nobody (player or DM) has access to the newer book with the updated content (because Wizards of the Coast can't force you to buy their books :smallsmile:).

WotC has posted a bunch of errata files for both 3.0 and 3.5 books, and these are never optional. They've also published a bunch of 3.5 update booklets online, and those will make 3.0 material ready for a 3.5 game.

What's left falls into the area of individual DM oversight. There's this note on page 4 of the Dungeon Master's Guide:
This is an upgrade of the d20 System, not a new edition of the game. This revision is compatible with all existing products, and those products can be used with the revision with only minor adjustments. You'll need to talk to your individual DM about the "minor adjustments" they wish to make every time you want to use non-updated 3.0 material. And don't be surprised if a different DM makes different adjustments; there's no guarantee the adjustments will be to your liking, so using such older content is always a gamble.

[KillianHawkeye]

WotC has posted a bunch of errata files for both 3.0 and 3.5 books, and these are never optional.

I'm going to have to call BS on this statement. You can play just fine without ever cracking open the errata files if that is what you and your group wants to do. WotC has even less power to force you to download their errata documents then they do to force you to buy their books.

[Curmudgeon]

I'm going to have to call BS on this statement. You can play just fine without ever cracking open the errata files if that is what you and your group wants to do. WotC has even less power to force you to download their errata documents then they do to force you to buy their books.
You can of course ignore any (or even all) rules of the game if you want. The company line is that the game is broken until you apply those corrections.

[Calanon]

You can of course ignore any (or even all) rules of the game if you want. The company line is that the game is broken until you apply those corrections.

The game is broken no matter what :smallconfused:

[Chronos]

There's also an official update booklet (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20030718a) that covers the changes needed to officially update several 3.0 books.

[KillianHawkeye]

You can of course ignore any (or even all) rules of the game if you want. The company line is that the game is broken until you apply those corrections.

Yeah, they probably don't want us playing with house rules, either. :smallconfused: