Do you buy d20 Modern pdfs?

[dream66_]

I've finnally found sufficiently creapy magic rules in OGL horror so I'm not longer looking for that. NPCs don't interests me enough to pay for them

The main thing I'm looking for and no one seems to be willing to produce is a book of equipment

Cars especially and other Vehicles and Gear of all sorts and I'd love stuff for other time periods to be in it too both past and future, but this book seems to be constantly overshadowed by book after book full of guns. I don't need another Gun book, but if someone will make me a book full of Stuff, (Especially vehicles!) I'll buy it in an instant.

 

[C. Baize]

Not trying to threadjack, here... but....

So far I've purchased Modern Backdrops, Quickshots, and the Modern Players Companion. Two of the three were very solid purchases.

I don't have a preference when it comes to the pdf/print debate, I just buy what I like, and both formats have their drawbacks/advantages.

As for the popularity of d20 Modern, I can only speak for my group. While it'll never take the top spot, it's definitely a favorite!

Speaking for myself, I hope Modern Backdrops was a solid purchase for you. (Not asking... just hoping. )

 

[Painfully]

If I know a product is coming out in print, I will wait for it rather than buy a PDF. Why not get a better binding and a nice cover for a few extra dollars?

I haven't really looked too much into d20 Modern PDFs, but that is mostly because I'm not playing a modern game right now. It isn't always easy to persuade an entire gaming group to change gears and try a different genre, especially when it means most everybody will need to buy a new book with a pricetag around $40-50.

 

[zenld]

I haven't really looked too much into d20 Modern PDFs, but that is mostly because I'm not playing a modern game right now. It isn't always easy to persuade an entire gaming group to change gears and try a different genre, especially when it means most everybody will need to buy a new book with a pricetag around $40-50.

I was actually able to convince a group to play d20M because they didn't have to buy the book. They are a bunch of computer geeks and showing them that they could download all the important parts made it an easy sell.

Although i too have issues with reading long blocks of text onscreen, I have found the cheaper prices of pdfs are coming to mean a great deal to me. Haven't purchased many, am looking into doing it more often. Especially if I can continue to find low cost simple printing measures.

Just my two koku.

zen

 

[Vigilance]

Well, I wrote the Blood and... books as some of you know, so I almost didnt vote here. However, I also put down my hard earned ducats on d20 Modern books when I have some to spare so I wanted to jump in.

I love rules, and I love seeing the ways people take these rules, so even though I write them, I still buy them, to see what others are doing.

And man, I wish I had thought of those cobbled together 10 level career paths from the MPC

Chuck

 

[ST]

I buy maps, whenever I can find them. That's been about it for now. (Modern Backdrops and Weekend Warriors, specifically.) I'd gladly shell out money to buy packs of maps done up like the "Global Positioning" feature in Dungeon, instead of having to check each new mag to see if it has one I need.

I would definately be interested in buying more adventures if they offered multiple options to scale for different tone. I'm trying to keep the adversaries in my campaign primarily mundane, with only a little supernatural behavior. One PDF product that did a good job with scaling for different power levels (presenting different explanations for what was going on) was _Modern Backdrops_.

 

[Emiricol]

It seems to me that d20 Modern isn't getting much support, and as a result many of you might turn to the pdf market for support materials...assuming anybody's even playing it.

Do you, or would you, buy d20 Modern support materials from RPG Now? What kind of stuff would you like to see? Do you want cool alt-earth settings, plug-in rules expansions (martial arts, magic, etc.), organizations and NPCs, or something else?

I have and do buy D20M PDFs. I have both Blood and Guts, and all the Darwin's World stuff (versions 1 and 2, the latter being Modern-based) as PDFs. I like alt-earth settings, I like orgs and NPCs. What I'm dying to see is something like Twilight: 2000, especially with it's random starting age/starting rank rules and rules for skills acquired prior to adulthood. I could send you a copy of the old Twilight 2000 rulebook if you were ever interested in doing something like that.

 

[ledded]

I'm a big fan of the PDF market, and have made a few purchases in it.

I've picked up the MPC I & II, Big Bang, Hell on Earth, Modern Backdrops, plus Blood and Fists and Blood and Vigilance. I've picked up several other assorted d20 Modern related and un-related things also, such as a few Microtactix building/accessory sets that I'm quite fond of.

But I have access to a very good printer that prints duplex, so I make myself a book if I like the stuff enough. You can usually tell the ones I like the most because the are printed in full, in color, and bound (the MPC and Blood and... books, namely).

Even if I didnt have access to good printing facilities, I would still use the PDF's; sure I love hardbacks, but there is nothing like being able to afford to check out a variety of things with your gaming budget. Plus, when I was without printing support for a while early last year, I took a few things to Kinkos and had them printed. The total cost was still a good bit less than the price of a hardbound. I still pick up hardbound books off the shelf, but usually only after I've had a chance to get a good look at someone else's. I'm much more likely to grab your $5-$10 pdf on a good review than a $35 book that I havent seen.

Plus, there are some very, very good authors and researchers working on the PDF's nowadays, and many of them are very easy to correspond with. The guys in TGM have worked on several games that I've played and loved (including Star Wars d20 and d20 Modern) plus guys like Rich Redman, Stan!, and others make their way to some of the forums, Chuck Rice (Vigilance) produces *very* good quality work and is one of the most accessible game authors I've ever met, Dana Jorgenson (Big Bang) may be a bit irascibleon the boards at times but he has a darn near encyclopedic knowledge of firearms and artillery, and is also quite accessible on the various forums. All of these guys have been very kind and helpful to me in my various games at one time or another, all for the price of an $8 pdf.

Not that the current WotC guys, or other hardbound gamebook authors aren't good, but I've noticed a bit more... espirit d'corp, I think is the phrase I'm looking for, among those that publish in the smaller end of PDF's.

Just my 2 cents, on sale next month at RPGNow.com


BTW,

<snip>...but I've just aquired Hell on Earth and am sturck with lots of WW2 campaign ideas (mainly involving Nazis and demons... <snip>

I'm using that one to supplement my own WWII Supers campaign right now (SH in sig below). How'd you like it so far?

 

[MrFilthyIke]

I don't buy much these days, so I'm not much support for d20M, either print OR PDF. Poor = Sucks.

 

[takyris]

Ditto poor = sucks. Beyond that, though, I think I am unfortunately part of the problem. I bought the three core D&D books and nothing else. I bought the d20 Modern core book and nothing else. I don't feel like I NEED anything else. I can make my own campaign-specific material, because the ground rules are so clear.