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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MartyW" data-source="post: 6322194" data-attributes="member: 6776795">1) I agree. Skip buying more than 1 set of extra dice. Dice are actually somewhat expensive for the good ones, so save your money and just have 1 set for the players to share.2) The Wiz Kids miniatures that are coming out may not match the encounters in the Starter Set. Depending upon when you plan on running the game, you can get the Starter Set and then comb Ebay for some of the out of print miniatures (or Pathfinder minis) that match the encounters in the Starter... but if you plan on running the game right away after release, you may not have time to get the right minis. There are a lot of cardboard token sets that are usually for sale from some of the 4e supplements. While they are not quite as visually appealing as minis, they are much cheaper (about $5 for a token sheet, vs $2 - $5 for a single miniature) and you can get a good assortment of monsters. Search "D&D monster tokens", or "D&D tokens". There were also two 4th Edition "Monster Vault" sets that came with token sheets. It might actually be cheaper to buy the full sets by purchasing Monster Vault and Threats to the Nentir Vale off Ebay. They both came with about 4 token sheets each. Just make sure the token sheets are included from the seller.Monster Vaults on Amazon:<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786956313/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0786956313&linkCode=as2&tag=ragiowlb-20&linkId=5IJD6QFNTT3BT7JF" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786956313/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0786956313&linkCode=as2&tag=ragiowlb-20&linkId=5IJD6QFNTT3BT7JF</a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786958383/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0786958383&linkCode=as2&tag=ragiowlb-20&linkId=WHTIN5L2CTIEB3FW" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786958383/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0786958383&linkCode=as2&tag=ragiowlb-20&linkId=WHTIN5L2CTIEB3FW</a>(EDIT: Keep in mind the 4th Edition Monster Vault rules won't be compatible with the 5e Starter Set, although the fluff [non-mechanic setting/background information] in the Nentir Vale supplement is excellent for generating ideas and may be worth the price on its own).Oh, I also forgot Pathfinder has a Bestiary token set (recommended). These come standing upright:<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1601254245/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1601254245&linkCode=as2&tag=ragiowlb-20&linkId=KICLUT6F6ZYLBMZT" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1601254245/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1601254245&linkCode=as2&tag=ragiowlb-20&linkId=KICLUT6F6ZYLBMZT</a>At $30, they're not cheap, but it's a huge number of tokens (so the price is reasonable given what you get) and they do look good because even though they are cardboard, they stand upright rather than flat on the table. This might actually be the best/cheapest option to get a wide variety of monsters.There are also 2 super cheap token sheets - thin cheap cardboard, but only one $1:<a href="http://paizo.com/products/btpy7qi1?Dungeon-Monster-Tokens-Set-1" target="_blank">http://paizo.com/products/btpy7qi1?Dungeon-Monster-Tokens-Set-1</a><a href="http://paizo.com/products/btpy7qi2?Dungeon-Monster-Tokens-Set-3" target="_blank">http://paizo.com/products/btpy7qi2?Dungeon-Monster-Tokens-Set-3</a>If you do decide to stock up on minis, look for deals on "lots" of similar, common monsters -- like a group of goblins, group of orc, gnolls, etc on Ebay to try to get your price per mini as close to $2 per figure as possible.3) Online maps -- Don't count on this. Yes, in 4th Edition many of the maps were available online as long as you subscribed to their online tools. The online subscription details have not been spoken about at all for Fifth Edition, so you may not have access to digital maps right away until WotC gets their digital act together.However, Mike Schley (who does a lot of WotC maps) apparently has been allowed to sell some of those works through his own website (<a href="http://mikeschley.com/" target="_blank">http://mikeschley.com/</a>) so you might keep an eye there to see if Starter Set maps appear.-------------------------------------------------------------------Raging Owlbear - <a href="http://ragingowlbear.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://ragingowlbear.blogspot.com/</a></blockquote>

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