Zephrosyne Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 I know that those of you that just got the 6th Edition pdf haven't really had the opportunity to really dig in but I am hoping that you have gotten far enough to give me a little insight. I see that the two books combined are about 200 pages longer than 5th Edition Revised. I am just curious. Is there a lot more content or is there a lot more art work? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Waters Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Re: 6th Edition is nearly 200 more pages...why? I know that those of you that just got the 6th Edition pdf haven't really had the opportunity to really dig in but I am hoping that you have gotten far enough to give me a little insight. I see that the two books combined are about 200 pages longer than 5th Edition Revised. I am just curious. Is there a lot more content or is there a lot more art work? Thanks. Part of that will be the more open layout and increased art we have seen from the sample pages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Re: 6th Edition is nearly 200 more pages...why? I'm with Sean. From the look of the sample pages its probably largely attributable to the layout and artwork. I think they're trying to move away from the "densley packed legal tome" presentation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Re: 6th Edition is nearly 200 more pages...why? There's also a lot of examples, a lot of toolkitting notes, a genre-by-genre breakdown, sample characters, and so on. Also, full-page art to open each chapter. The books also look to cover most anything you'd need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CourtFool Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Re: 6th Edition is nearly 200 more pages...why? The books also look to cover most anything you'd need. [sNARK] Except all those things going into APG1, 2, 3… [/sNARK] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archermoo Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Re: 6th Edition is nearly 200 more pages...why? The books also look to cover most anything you'd need. [sNARK] Except all those things going into APG1' date=' 2, 3… [/sNARK'] Well, the stuff going into the APG isn't stuff you need to play Hero. It is pretty much a compendium of optional rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Re: 6th Edition is nearly 200 more pages...why? [sNARK] Except all those things going into APG1' date=' 2, 3… [/sNARK'] Note I said "most anything." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Re: 6th Edition is nearly 200 more pages...why? There are a lot more examples in 6E. Some descriptions went up, some down (Damage Adding text is about half what it used to be). More and better art. The Character Creation Handbook - which is Chapter One of 5ER + Stuff From Other Books (mostly Ultimate Series) is a full 60 Pages longer than the equivalent section in 5ER. So obviously more options, more ideas, and more things have been crammed into Character Creation over the past 7 years, and all that plus more was incorporated into 6E. And having a whole full book dedicated to Campaigns and Combat allows for more ideas, examples, and thoughts to be added to those sections. Like a longer discussion on using Complications, the Environment has more space (there's a table for Wind in it now which is cool), Living In A Dangerous World went from two pages to eleven pages. There's more, while I doubt time will work in my favor I hope to do a comprehensive review and comparison in the next month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CourtFool Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Re: 6th Edition is nearly 200 more pages...why? Well' date=' the stuff going into the APG isn't stuff you [u']need[/u] to play Hero. Leave me and my dead horse alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Waters Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Re: 6th Edition is nearly 200 more pages...why? Leave me and my dead horse alone. Is that Muffin the Mule? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CourtFool Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Re: 6th Edition is nearly 200 more pages...why? No. Muffin had a higher COM. Oh, wait… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasha Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Re: 6th Edition is nearly 200 more pages...why? From what I have seen from the sample pages. 6E is set in a larger font size (thank goodness!) this also inflates pagesize. 5er was set pretty small and on a paper that was kind of dark, which in a room that was dimly lit made it harder to read than previous volumes that were printed on a brighter paper. Tasha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Re: 6th Edition is nearly 200 more pages...why? No. Muffin had a higher COM. Oh' date=' wait…[/quote'] Quit striking Muffin the Mule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Waters Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Re: 6th Edition is nearly 200 more pages...why? I've just checked: 6e is in fact only 3 pages longer than 5e, but the last 197 pages are headed 'House Rules' and have been left blank. What? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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