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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 9814380" data-attributes="member: 22779">There's a flipside of this as well though.  Gamers are cheap.  They are.  Think about it, your DM (if you have a DM) spends 3-4 hours running a game for you.  On top of that the GM probably wrangles scheduling and make sure everyone shows up.  Add to that actually preparing for the session, which is probably another 2-3 hours.  And I've seen players who won't even buy a PHB, show up for the session, and expect everything to be ready for them.Is it really too much to think that kicking 10 bucks into a kitty after a session is a huge ask?  That the group should be buying books for the DM/GM.  If you want to play that nifty new race/class/whatever from that new book, buy the book for your DM.  We've cultivated this idea that the GM should be on the hook for everything.  I mean, there is a rather significant economic and time cost to running a game that is almost always shunted onto the GM.  And it's extremely rare that any player will ever pony up the cost of a couple of cups of coffee for the DM.  Show your DM some appreciation.  Buy him or her a book for Christmas.</blockquote>