Shroomy
Adventurer
Technically, you don't even have to buy the supplements anymore, as the DDI Compendium would also be updated with the new rules content by what, the 4th Tuesday of the month (I can't remember the exact details anymore).
When did I stop being WotC's target audience?
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Technically, you don't even have to buy the supplements anymore, as the DDI Compendium would also be updated with the new rules content by what, the 4th Tuesday of the month (I can't remember the exact details anymore).
Shroomy
Adventurer
I don't think its brought up in many of these debates because the 4e MM has playable versions of most (but not all) of the really popular monstrous races. Personally, given the glass-jawed characters that the LA mechanic and ECL system could easily create, I'm not convinced that the majority of those options were really that viable to begin with, at least for the majority of players and campaigns. I think WoTC agreed with that assesment, given the creation of monster class levels, etc.
Fallen Seraph
First Post
That is what I plan on using a lot, unless the book is one I really, really like.
Shroomy
Adventurer
I'm pretty much a collector, so I can easily get on the supplement treadmill (I'm pretty much on already), especially with the deals I'm getting from Amazon. That said, if times get tough and I have to cut back, its nice to have the option of the Compendium.
WayneLigon
Adventurer
Because the biggest problem with D&D is that it's D&D. The game has needed a fundamental structural change for many years now; 3E was a good start, and a single step in the right direction, by introducing actual skills, making most of the stats useful, tearing down most of the limits in race/class/etc choice, and a number of other things. Really, 4E didn't go nearly as far as it could have.
Brown Jenkin
First Post
Just one more former collector who no longer seems to be part of the target audience. Just stating where I am at and will refrain from getting into the edition war.
Imaro
Legend
I can just see it now, all the people who were saying they were trying to switch D&D to a purely online model....proven right with the justification by a WotC rep that the books "Just aren't profitable anymore"
I kid...I kid...
Or do I?
Shroomy
Adventurer
I can just see it now, all the people who were saying they were trying to switch D&D to a purely online model....proven right with the justification by a WotC rep that the books "Just aren't profitable anymore"
Oh, I definitely see an increasing trend towards online distribution methods, which makes sense if your printing costs are going up and your primary audience is, in general, very tech savvy, but I don't see the traditional distribution methods going away anytime in the near future (especially if you can get people like me to buy both) However, the online model that everyone seems to fear is more centered on the exclusivity of online play; personally, I don't think the extinction of physical, PnP games will ever come to pass.
thats true. for example, i took the 4th ed phb, cut out the part that said 4th edition off of the cover, and pasted it on my shiny new pathfinder rpg book.
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