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<blockquote data-quote="JEB" data-source="post: 8528841" data-attributes="member: 10148">The current buy-in for the core game is $150, which gets you enough lore material to run many campaigns. If the core rules now cut that lore down to a minimum, you're getting vastly less material for the same cost. Then you have to add a minimum of one setting book for $50 more to get the same amount of material you originally got for $150. And if you don't like that lore, you have to go buy more $50 setting books...&nbsp; or you're left to your own devices.As for the &quot;cheap&quot; argument: $50 books add up in a hurry for someone on a limited budget. Let's not just think about the wealthy when we consider these decisions.Monster alignment disappeared from D&amp;D books in the first half of 2021 and made a return by the latter half. I suppose that could have been a completely random decision on Wizards' part, but negative responses - &quot;whining&quot; - are a more likely cause.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JEB, post: 8528841, member: 10148"] The current buy-in for the core game is $150, which gets you enough lore material to run many campaigns. If the core rules now cut that lore down to a minimum, you're getting vastly less material for the same cost. Then you have to add a minimum of one setting book for $50 more to get the same amount of material you originally got for $150. And if you don't like that lore, you have to go buy more $50 setting books... or you're left to your own devices. As for the "cheap" argument: $50 books add up in a hurry for someone on a limited budget. Let's not just think about the wealthy when we consider these decisions. Monster alignment disappeared from D&D books in the first half of 2021 and made a return by the latter half. I suppose that could have been a completely random decision on Wizards' part, but negative responses - "whining" - are a more likely cause. [/QUOTE]

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