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WotC_Trevor wrote:

While I’m excited about those changes, as a DM, the thing that got me really going was the inclusion of traps and hazards in the Compendium. That’s right – starting July 7th traps and hazards will be added and updated on a regular basis just like the rest of the crunchy information from the published material. I know this is something that a lot of us in the community have wanted, so thanks to everyone for submitting requests and feedback along those lines.

Woohoo!

WotC_Trevor wrote:

While I’m excited about those changes, as a DM, the thing that got me really going was the inclusion of traps and hazards in the Compendium. That’s right – starting July 7th traps and hazards will be added and updated on a regular basis just like the rest of the crunchy information from the published material. I know this is something that a lot of us in the community have wanted, so thanks to everyone for submitting requests and feedback along those lines.

Will they also show in the Encounter builder?

WotC_Trevor wrote:

Psion Class – Early PH3 material, developed and ready to play!

Updated Hybrid rules and information.

While I’m excited about those changes, as a DM, the thing that got me really going was the inclusion of traps and hazards in the Compendium. That’s right – starting July 7th traps and hazards will be added and updated on a regular basis just like the rest of the crunchy information from the published material.

:bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce:


now I can use more traps and hazards...this requare much thought...

gomeztoo wrote:

Will this include traps in RPGA adventures?

Yes, I think so.

mdonais wrote:

Revenents come out on the first tuesday in August.

This disgusts me. Why do we have to wait till August?

EDIT: I don't mean to be rude. Let me say, I'm just irritated cause I've been building revenant concepts by hand for a few weeks and was really looking forward to it being in the CB. Why do we get the Psion but not the Revenant?

WotC_Trevor wrote:

I'm sorry this has upset you falcon, but currently the Dungeon and Dragon data is compiled once the month finishes, and we're just not able to get it all in by the first tuesday of the next month - which is sometimes only a couple days after the month ends. So the Dragon and Dungeon updates you get to the DDI tools are generally from two months previous. So in July, the bulk of the information added will be from May's information.

Adding the Psion to July was something that has been planned for a while and the data was coded to be in the July release. I know everyone here would love to get all the data in the tools as soon as possible, but we're just not able to get everything in the system between the end of one month and the next update

I love the revenant too, and I wish we had it now, but the reality is it will be in the CB in a month and we'll be able to play around with it at that point.

Thanks for the response Trevor. I honestly hadn't been paying attention to when content from the magazines made it into the CB. I guess since the books make it in the month after they release I had assumed the articles worked the same way. Your explanation makes perfect sense. I guess I'll just have to wait. *pout*

LightInfo wrote:

If your content isn't being written far enough ahead of time to be entered into the databases, I have a hard time imagining that it's being playtested....

The material is created, playtested and put in article form. Coding it for Character Builder is a completely seperate process, and you wouldn't do that until all the other steps are done. You wouldn't start implementing the data while the material is being playtested. So it seems pretty feasible that the material is playtested, and then put into an article, and then put into the tools at a later date.

Getting the update on that first Tuesday [EDIT] section removed because it was straight up wrong - replacement coming soon hopefully [/EDIT] . It does have the added side effect of making us wait a little bit longer to get our Dragon and Dungeon content however.

jwalker wrote:

Poor guy, everyone's ignoring you!

No, afaik the bonus tools are "as is" and will never be updated in any way. I think similar tools might be available in the upcoming campaign tools; we shall see.

Yeah, but since the Encounter Builder seems to pull its info from the Compendium, I was hoping.

LightInfo wrote:

one thinks this might actually be a good column topic for an editorial or &.

I whole heartedly agree that this would be an awesome article, and I hope we see something like this at some point in the future. I'm personally under the impression that the material is playtested for quite a while before it gets to the article stage, but it would be nice to read about the process used. I know this is something we'd all like to see so I have prodded accordingly.

As to what I said about getting the books out earlier - totally false. I walked away from my desk to head to a meeting after that post and immediately started doubting what I had written. For some reason I had it in my head that the books that were released in one month in the old system of updates at end of month, weren't included in CB and Compendium until the next month. Totaly not the case as those were included in the tools in the same month they were released. I must have mixed it up with the magazine releases - sorry about that

I'll edit my previous post to get rid of the completely false statement. I'll also see if I can hunt down more informatoin about why we made that date change from the last week to the first tuesday of the next month.

WotC_Trevor wrote:

I'll edit my previous post to get rid of the completely false statement. I'll also see if I can hunt down more informatoin about why we made that date change from the last week to the first tuesday of the next month.

Has this change actually made things worse for Dragon/Dungeon content since before you had a few weeks to get the data in, now because the first Tuesday is only a few days after you can't hit that deadline so it has to come a whole month later?

Or were you missing the 3rd Tuesday for the last month's Dragon/Dungeon data previously (so having to wait another month) so the reason for the shift was to give yourselves and extra week, so you could at least get it in then.

Ability to Duplicate and hide power cards.

Finally!

Karakas wrote:

IF what you said about stuff from may doesn't see print till july and we have to wait 2 months to see whats in the works now released then does that mean you could post for us a list of what to expect 2 months down the track i hate surprises but love waiting with anticipation in might also get the whiners off your backs, so go on trev how bout you tell us what to expect in the August update, i for one am already grinding my teeth waiting for the revenant, what else you got for me, Divine power maybe?

Divine Power is a book this month, so it should be in the August 4th update, yes.

Though I'm not Trevor, I do see threads faster/more often.

Grazel wrote:

Content updates in August:

Githzerai race with some racial feats and a racial PP.
Divine Power
Eberron Campaign Guide
Players Handbook Heroes 2 DDM Minis
Eberron Adventure: Seekers of the Ashen Crown
June Dragon and Dungeon magazines

Other than that probably more bug fixes and tweaks to the UI.

:D Let the grinding of teeth in anticipation begin, it will be a welcome sight after i too have key hole surgery on a hernia in my groin, nothing to do but rest for six weeks but make characters and play 4e. How sweet it is!
thanks guys for helping to answer my queery so promptly, now how about whats in the september one lol