On the Premium Spell Compendium

I know it’s not really in keeping with the theme of the blog, but I have to point out how ridiculous that Wizards is putting previews of the Spell Compendium reprint on its website. When I visit the Wizards website, I tend to expect content (content aimed at getting me to purchase a product, but content nonetheless), not “previews” of a book that came out in 2005. Instead, the previews contain only the fluff description of a few spells.

Dear Wizards: if you’re trying to resell a book that you already published seven years ago and the only selling points are the errata and an “attractive new cover”, perhaps the previews should contain the errata or the cover. Though, now that I’m looking at the cover, perhaps hiding it is best.

I’m not sure what to make of the fact that no excerpts for new material have been posted since October. I guess it’s good that they’re working on 5th Edition and that they’re making this information available to a new generation of role-players, but it weirds me out that the crunchiest articles these days are of the “Didn’t we used to be great?” variety.

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