Are Tome and Blood and Complete Arcane the same? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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cacheek

04-10-07, 02:27 PM
If not, how are they different and which should I get?
Witch

04-10-07, 02:29 PM
They're different. Which one you should get depends on the version of the game you're playing.

Tome and Blood is 3.0
Complete Arcane is 3.5
swallowyersoul

04-10-07, 02:29 PM
tome and blood was a release for version 3.0.

complete arcane is a revision for the 3.5 rules, plus added goodies and with fixes to a few mistakes.

complete arcane is the 'official' version. on the other hand, tome and blood works just fine and you can often pick up a copy for around 5 bucks.
ENHenry

04-10-07, 02:40 PM
There are other differences:

Tome & Blood includes PrC's such as the Blood Magus and the Candle Caster, which I don't think has re-appeared in 3.5 (I could be wrong);

Complete Arcane includes the Warlock, which was not in 3.0.

The spells from the two are very, very similar; almost every spell in T&B made it, revised, into Compl. Arcane.
Shadowhowler

04-10-07, 03:03 PM
There are other differences:

Tome & Blood includes PrC's such as the Blood Magus and the Candle Caster, which I don't think has re-appeared in 3.5 (I could be wrong);

Complete Arcane includes the Warlock, which was not in 3.0.

The spells from the two are very, very similar; almost every spell in T&B made it, revised, into Compl. Arcane.

The candle caster didn't make it, but the blood magus is alive and well in the 3.5 CA book.
Cromag

04-10-07, 05:16 PM
Complete mage and Complete arcane are the two current arcane caster supplements. Edition 3.5

Both are nice and I was not disappointed with them.