Is this a new edition of Monte Cooks Arcana Unearthed?
No. As you can imagine, the Director’s Cut book provides updates and errata to the original. But frankly, there’s not a ton of that. Arcana Evolved isn’t a new edition or a revision, so there’s not a lot of actual change. Arcana Evolved and Arcana Unearthed are completely compatible, in other words. Someone with one book could easily play at the same table with folks with the other. It’s too soon for a new edition, in the sense of what new editions or revisions imply to RPGs. In fact, I’ll tell you right now that I don’t forsee doing a new edition of the system. There just isn’t that much I would do differently. So if you’re happy with your copy of Arcana Unearthed as it is, then good! We plan to release the important errata and clarifications for free (it mostly just comes from answered questions on the message boards, really).
Related Questions
- Are the Arcana Unearthed classes supposed to be balanced with the core classes if they share the same XP table, or are the Arcana Unearthed classes only balanced with the core classes if each uses their own XP table (Arcana Uneartheds 1100, D&Ds 1000)?
- Are the NPC classes in the DMG the recommended NPC classes for Arcana Unearthed and The Diamond Throne or will we see alternates in The Diamond Throne?
- How is death magic being handled in Arcana Unearthed?
