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<blockquote data-quote="Sulicius" data-source="post: 9240575" data-attributes="member: 6896569"><p>I never bought every book from WotC that I didn’t need, and that hasn’t changed. My players haven’t been interested in 5e products by other publishers, but I have used many already.</p><p></p><p>One of my biggest problems is that people use WotC stuff more, and so the community makes great reviews and guides on how to improve their products. Not so much for other publishers.</p><p></p><p>I have been burned by quite a few of those other purchases. Tome of Beasts 3 is all sorts of badly implemented into Roll20, and when I gave our druid some of the beasts as wildshape options, I was faced by a giant mantis shrimp that stunned without having to hit. I ran a Chaos Raptor encounter that was painful to run because it gimped my players action economy. </p><p></p><p>Does that mean that everything WotC publishes is balanced? Hell no! But at least the community learns and teaches others how to handle those. </p><p></p><p>There is a huge amount of 5e content released every week, and I see people recommending others to “support” them. Supporting means buying. And so you buy something and experience yourself the pain points in it. Strongholds & Followers almost broke my enjoyment of a campaign because it didn’t work with how my players play the game. People hardly ever criticize the content, and my guess is that it is less interesting on social media to do so. And then more stuff is released and we are given another heartbreak supplement that fulfills dreams, but has little usability. We should support them! Buy product, don’t look back. </p><p></p><p>In my online circles I read a lot of people just have a backlog of 5e content they don’t even remember they have. I don’t have the money to spend on stuff I don’t use. I find it a bit distasteful.</p><p></p><p>At least with WotC content I know for sure people are critical about everything, and it gets used and talked about. That is why I will keep buying some of their products. I don’t have any responsibility about keeping the hobby afloat. It is not up to you to buy stuff just to feel better.</p><p></p><p>Don’t tell me what to buy. You don’t see in my wallet. If you want to impress me, give me a campaign from a non-WotC publisher that has been enjoyed by as many people as Curse of Strahd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sulicius, post: 9240575, member: 6896569"] I never bought every book from WotC that I didn’t need, and that hasn’t changed. My players haven’t been interested in 5e products by other publishers, but I have used many already. One of my biggest problems is that people use WotC stuff more, and so the community makes great reviews and guides on how to improve their products. Not so much for other publishers. I have been burned by quite a few of those other purchases. Tome of Beasts 3 is all sorts of badly implemented into Roll20, and when I gave our druid some of the beasts as wildshape options, I was faced by a giant mantis shrimp that stunned without having to hit. I ran a Chaos Raptor encounter that was painful to run because it gimped my players action economy. Does that mean that everything WotC publishes is balanced? Hell no! But at least the community learns and teaches others how to handle those. There is a huge amount of 5e content released every week, and I see people recommending others to “support” them. Supporting means buying. And so you buy something and experience yourself the pain points in it. Strongholds & Followers almost broke my enjoyment of a campaign because it didn’t work with how my players play the game. People hardly ever criticize the content, and my guess is that it is less interesting on social media to do so. And then more stuff is released and we are given another heartbreak supplement that fulfills dreams, but has little usability. We should support them! Buy product, don’t look back. In my online circles I read a lot of people just have a backlog of 5e content they don’t even remember they have. I don’t have the money to spend on stuff I don’t use. I find it a bit distasteful. At least with WotC content I know for sure people are critical about everything, and it gets used and talked about. That is why I will keep buying some of their products. I don’t have any responsibility about keeping the hobby afloat. It is not up to you to buy stuff just to feel better. Don’t tell me what to buy. You don’t see in my wallet. If you want to impress me, give me a campaign from a non-WotC publisher that has been enjoyed by as many people as Curse of Strahd. [/QUOTE]
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