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I find it funny not one book equals $50 and noe set equals $150
Cost of D&D Editions, then and now
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Giltonio_Santos
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If 5E is shaping up as the most expensive D&D edition ever, I also expect it to be the most complete one. Look at 4E, for instance (and this is not an edition warring statement, just plain comparison): adjusted for inflation it's $116 without druids and bards, without frost giants, without metallic dragons, without gnomes and half-orcs. I mean, without a lot of reskinning, you cannot move a 3E campaign to 4E without at least a PHB II and a MM II.
Also, considering the fact that the game was created to be played with DDI, they were probably expecting people to invest an additional amount monthly to play with up to date rules (not only errata, but actual changes, like Magic Missile). If this is $150 for the full game, for real, we're getting a good deal considering WotC previous offerings.
Cheers!
Also, considering the fact that the game was created to be played with DDI, they were probably expecting people to invest an additional amount monthly to play with up to date rules (not only errata, but actual changes, like Magic Missile). If this is $150 for the full game, for real, we're getting a good deal considering WotC previous offerings.
Cheers!
Pathfinder does have it's equivalent of a DMG
http://paizo.com/products/btpy8ffn?Pathfinder-Roleplaying-Game-GameMastery-Guide
Shouldn't that be included in the cost for Pathfinder?
http://paizo.com/products/btpy8ffn?Pathfinder-Roleplaying-Game-GameMastery-Guide
Shouldn't that be included in the cost for Pathfinder?
delericho
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The GMG is a very different book, much more like 3e's DMGII. It's a strictly optional supplement for the game, not a requirement like any of the other books.
Following up on @delericho 's reply - the Pathfinder Core Rulebok and Bestiary seem to contain all the necessary things from the 1e-to-4e DMGs that are needed to play. Unlike the standard 1e-4e statement that the DM needs the DMG, the back cover blurb on the PF Core book is "All player and Game Master rules in a single volume."
In particular, the Core Rulebook contains chapters on the basics of GMing including encounter building and running a campaign; the background environment with weather, traps, and planes; creating NPCs; and magic items. The Bestiary contains the rules for the special monster powers, creating your own monsters, and random encounter tables.
Someone who only plays RPGs casually, or has never played a RPG, goes to a bookstore and sees D&D 5E's Player's Handbook on the shelf. They think it's pretty cool, but then they see the $50 price tag. "That's really expensive!", they think, and put it back.
Does anyone here think telling them "but it's just as expensive as the old books if you count inflation!" will change their mind?
Does anyone here think telling them "but it's just as expensive as the old books if you count inflation!" will change their mind?
Jan van Leyden
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3.0 was $60 in 2000. How come it is $122 adjusted for inflation which has not doubled in 14 years?.$81 adjusted for inflation (MM and DMG were $20?) PHB from 1989 comes in at 37 compared to $50. If the PHB price tag s accurate it is the most expensive D&D in about 30+ years. Pathfinder core book is still $50 base price and that is DMG+PHB. PFRPG+Bestiary is $40 so the complete PF is $90 in 2014.
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This was explained by [MENTION=22424]delericho[/MENTION] in the OP: "Prices are for the second printing onwards".
That tells us that the inflation-adjusted price of PF has dropped since 2009. It doesn't have any bearing on what the inflation-adjusted price was in 2009.
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