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<blockquote data-quote="wedgeski" data-source="post: 4086003" data-attributes="member: 16212"><p>I chose the 'Buy the books I like best' option... which is all I ever did in 3ed anyway. My 3rd Edition collection is far from complete in terms of Wizards releases. I bought maybe 25% of their output over the years, based either on subjects that just inherently appealed to me or which I considered important to my campaign (Manual of the Planes et al), or on positive feedback from the internet on subjects in which I had a passing interest (e.g. Lords of Madness, which turned out to be brilliant).</p><p></p><p>Access to the rules database will be the perfect side-order to my main dish of occasional purchases, and is a move I heartily support from Wizards.</p><p></p><p>On the question of whether it will encourage people to avoid buying books, there's nothing really inherently interesting about a bunch of drop-down menues and feat names on a computer screen. They don't replace the thrill of collecting a lavish RPG sourcebook and putting it on your shelf... and at the end of the day, I think to many roleplayers the hoard mentality is at least as important as the game itself.</p><p></p><p>How many DM's sit around reading their sourcebooks between games? I'd wager, a lot (me included) and for those guys, a bunch of pixels and pretty fonts won't do the job. The fact that Wizards are making this move suggests they think so too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wedgeski, post: 4086003, member: 16212"] I chose the 'Buy the books I like best' option... which is all I ever did in 3ed anyway. My 3rd Edition collection is far from complete in terms of Wizards releases. I bought maybe 25% of their output over the years, based either on subjects that just inherently appealed to me or which I considered important to my campaign (Manual of the Planes et al), or on positive feedback from the internet on subjects in which I had a passing interest (e.g. Lords of Madness, which turned out to be brilliant). Access to the rules database will be the perfect side-order to my main dish of occasional purchases, and is a move I heartily support from Wizards. On the question of whether it will encourage people to avoid buying books, there's nothing really inherently interesting about a bunch of drop-down menues and feat names on a computer screen. They don't replace the thrill of collecting a lavish RPG sourcebook and putting it on your shelf... and at the end of the day, I think to many roleplayers the hoard mentality is at least as important as the game itself. How many DM's sit around reading their sourcebooks between games? I'd wager, a lot (me included) and for those guys, a bunch of pixels and pretty fonts won't do the job. The fact that Wizards are making this move suggests they think so too. [/QUOTE]
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