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<blockquote data-quote="halfling rogue" data-source="post: 6562118" data-attributes="member: 6779182"><p>I've been playing 5e for 7 months now and have only spent $12 for the Starter Set. If you think of the Starter Set as 1) an sandbox adventure and 2) and intro into the 5e rules, I think you'll see $12 as a huge value. The biggest difference between what comes in the Pathfinder starter and the D&D starter is the absence of minis and a mat. I think this has less to do with saving money and more to do with how Wizards wants us to view 5e. In my experience with 3.5 minis were basically mandatory. 5e is pretty forward about minis not being essential to the game so they didn't want the first impression to give us the impression that minis were needed. Character creation, leveling up, fuller spells, etc can all be found for free in the PDF. I'll grant you that I don't like PDFs either, but man, it's hard to complain if they give it away for free.</p><p></p><p>The point is the Starter Set/Basic Rules is offered as more of a try before you buy than anything else. And it looks like you are the type of person they are aiming at. Extremely low price to buy in, test it out, kick the tires, play for as long as you like (again, I'm going on 7 months and could easily go 7 more), and buy the core books when you are ready.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="halfling rogue, post: 6562118, member: 6779182"] I've been playing 5e for 7 months now and have only spent $12 for the Starter Set. If you think of the Starter Set as 1) an sandbox adventure and 2) and intro into the 5e rules, I think you'll see $12 as a huge value. The biggest difference between what comes in the Pathfinder starter and the D&D starter is the absence of minis and a mat. I think this has less to do with saving money and more to do with how Wizards wants us to view 5e. In my experience with 3.5 minis were basically mandatory. 5e is pretty forward about minis not being essential to the game so they didn't want the first impression to give us the impression that minis were needed. Character creation, leveling up, fuller spells, etc can all be found for free in the PDF. I'll grant you that I don't like PDFs either, but man, it's hard to complain if they give it away for free. The point is the Starter Set/Basic Rules is offered as more of a try before you buy than anything else. And it looks like you are the type of person they are aiming at. Extremely low price to buy in, test it out, kick the tires, play for as long as you like (again, I'm going on 7 months and could easily go 7 more), and buy the core books when you are ready. [/QUOTE]
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