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<blockquote data-quote="TheWriterFantastic™" data-source="post: 6856340" data-attributes="member: 88534"><p>To an extent, I can agree with that -- but one of the ideas behind the story first push was to allow anyone to jump in from any of their adventure products without the core books -- while, yes, it may be a stretch to assume that any average joe off the street might see the latest adventure off the shelf of the FLGS and decide &quot;Hey, I'm going to try running D&amp;D with this adventure I have little understanding of, with absolutely no experience playing any version of the game.&quot; However, a lapsed player that hasn't played in over a decade, might really dig a new adventure picked up of the shelf, consider it, but put it back, because, &quot;Hey, this looks cool, but I don't want to invest $200 (Core books + adventure) in a new system I might not like,&quot; when the free Basic rules (a huge selling point at 5E's release) aren't even mentioned in the new adventure, allowing it to be run for just the cost of the adventure itself. While these Basic adventure supplements are &quot;free&quot; to the public online, the production cost should be inherent in the production of the adventure, as it's a selling point of the product, obvious or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="TheWriterFantastic™, post: 6856340, member: 88534"] To an extent, I can agree with that -- but one of the ideas behind the story first push was to allow anyone to jump in from any of their adventure products without the core books -- while, yes, it may be a stretch to assume that any average joe off the street might see the latest adventure off the shelf of the FLGS and decide "Hey, I'm going to try running D&D with this adventure I have little understanding of, with absolutely no experience playing any version of the game." However, a lapsed player that hasn't played in over a decade, might really dig a new adventure picked up of the shelf, consider it, but put it back, because, "Hey, this looks cool, but I don't want to invest $200 (Core books + adventure) in a new system I might not like," when the free Basic rules (a huge selling point at 5E's release) aren't even mentioned in the new adventure, allowing it to be run for just the cost of the adventure itself. While these Basic adventure supplements are "free" to the public online, the production cost should be inherent in the production of the adventure, as it's a selling point of the product, obvious or not. [/QUOTE]

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