Personally, I write down the correct version from errata onto cards and just place them by the page like a bookmark. I wonder how does other people cope with this and Googled to no result. I would assume one like me would be annoyed by buying physical book that was either not corrected, not second printing ect. And had to deal with checking the errata.
I wish to avoid writing on the book. Cards works for me but I wish to know a better method to fixing those irritating mistakes. Any wisdoms?
For the most part, not a lot of people concern themselves with errata. There are multitudes of games that just keep chugging along with whatever version of the rules they have on hand, mostly ignoring any micro-changes unless someone at the table brings it up. That being said, I guess this is a point for using more digital versions of the books here on DDB and other sources, since they tend to get errata updates and are more fluid documents. There's not much you can do with real books besides maybe make an errata document in a side binder and reference that as needed.
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Thanks guys! I guess sliding notes between pages is still the way to go. Though I do find myself rarely reading those pages with mistakes again, the frustration usually comes from the occasional time that I do read and read the wrong text, forgetting that there was an error. And nothing feels quite as like trusting the RAW, yet get betrayed by it.
I also just print and keep a reference page, but now I am thinking converting my Hard copy to PDF (personal use only) and update the changes directly to the PDF, as well has having a reference page for my Original book.
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Personally, I write down the correct version from errata onto cards and just place them by the page like a bookmark. I wonder how does other people cope with this and Googled to no result. I would assume one like me would be annoyed by buying physical book that was either not corrected, not second printing ect. And had to deal with checking the errata.
I wish to avoid writing on the book. Cards works for me but I wish to know a better method to fixing those irritating mistakes. Any wisdoms?
I printed the errata on a sheet of thin paper and placed that inside the cover of the book, so it's there for reference.
I know that doesn't update the specific pages, but I mostly use D&D Beyond for reference. :)
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For the most part, not a lot of people concern themselves with errata. There are multitudes of games that just keep chugging along with whatever version of the rules they have on hand, mostly ignoring any micro-changes unless someone at the table brings it up. That being said, I guess this is a point for using more digital versions of the books here on DDB and other sources, since they tend to get errata updates and are more fluid documents. There's not much you can do with real books besides maybe make an errata document in a side binder and reference that as needed.
I don't. I buy the physical books for collection purposes and shelve them as soon as I get them. And then use DDB.
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Thanks guys! I guess sliding notes between pages is still the way to go. Though I do find myself rarely reading those pages with mistakes again, the frustration usually comes from the occasional time that I do read and read the wrong text, forgetting that there was an error. And nothing feels quite as like trusting the RAW, yet get betrayed by it.
I also just print and keep a reference page, but now I am thinking converting my Hard copy to PDF (personal use only) and update the changes directly to the PDF, as well has having a reference page for my Original book.
"I...Drank...WHAT?!" - Socrates