D&D 5E Escapist article on SCAG is Brutal.

[gyor]

Three adventure paths, novels and now a sourcebook in one year. I'd say you're not exactly starving for material. One year into Golarion, how much more setting material did you have?

Never minding that why would I bother with a setting guide when we have Candlekeep and the FR wiki. Just how much setting material do you need?

I'd be happy with just a really well done FRCG for 5e, and more good FR novels, I'm not greedy, I don't expect dozens of FR RPG books.

I'd trade all the APs put together, for 1 FRCG. That's not a shot at the APs, I know they're great for some people, but they're a poor piece meal subsititue for a FRCG.

 

[gyor]

The FR wiki and Candlekeep are great, but out of date with current events.

 

[Shasarak]

Three adventure paths, novels and now a sourcebook in one year. I'd say you're not exactly starving for material. One year into Golarion, how much more setting material did you have?

Never minding that why would I bother with a setting guide when we have Candlekeep and the FR wiki. Just how much setting material do you need?

I love keeping up with Drizzt and Elminster and on the other hand the Forgotten Realms is not just the Sword Coast and two popular NPCs. It would be like doing the Avengers with just Iron Man and the Hulk, dont ask about the other guys just be happy with what you get.

 

[Shasarak]

Do other folks consider world/setting material not for players?

No, how can you create a realistic character if you (the Player) does not know anything about the world?

 

[hawkeyefan]

No, how can you create a realistic character if you (the Player) does not know anything about the world?

Yeah, I agree. Many folks seem to say that the SCAG only has a small amount of player material. Basically just the crunch.

I don't think that player material is limited to crunch.

 

[Hussar]

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Onyx Path just lose the Vampire IP? Not exactly the model I'd follow for DND.

And good grief but do I not want to see 5E turned into Mathfinder.

 

[JohnLynch]

Yeah, I agree. Many folks seem to say that the SCAG only has a small amount of player material. Basically just the crunch.

I don't think that player material is limited to crunch.

If someone creates a half-sun elven bladesinger from Evereska who worships Azuth (using the most amount of material possible from the book, although I don't know if half-elves are allowed to take the bladesinger subclass) then they will use exactly 3.75 pages of the book:

• Azuth = Half a page.
• Bladesinger = 1.5 pages
• Evereska = 0.75 pages
• Half-Elf = 1 page

$40 for 3.75 pages hardly seems like a worthwhile investment. I can write up a player's guide that incorporates all that (which incidentally I already have) and let them borrow the book if they're desperate to play a bladesinger.

This is why I don't consider this to be a worthwhile investment for a player. Especially if you're not actually playing in the Sword Coast.

 

[Jeremy E Grenemyer]

The FR wiki and Candlekeep are great, but out of date with current events.

Care to expand on this? I post at Candlekeep regularly (I am Jeremy Grenemyer), and I see a lot of people talking about the Realms in 5E.

 

[Hussar]

If someone creates a half-sun elven bladesinger from Evereska who worships Azuth (using the most amount of material possible from the book, although I don't know if half-elves are allowed to take the bladesinger subclass) then they will use exactly 3.75 pages of the book:

• Azuth = Half a page.
• Bladesinger = 1.5 pages
• Evereska = 0.75 pages
• Half-Elf = 1 page

$40 for 3.75 pages hardly seems like a worthwhile investment. I can write up a player's guide that incorporates all that (which incidentally I already have) and let them borrow the book if they're desperate to play a bladesinger.

This is why I don't consider this to be a worthwhile investment for a player. Especially if you're not actually playing in the Sword Coast.

That's largely true of any splat. It's pretty rare that a single player or even the DM uses more than a sliver of any splat. An FRCS type book doesn't change anything. The group might use a chunk of the book, but a single player won't.

 

[hawkeyefan]

If someone creates a half-sun elven bladesinger from Evereska who worships Azuth (using the most amount of material possible from the book, although I don't know if half-elves are allowed to take the bladesinger subclass) then they will use exactly 3.75 pages of the book:

• Azuth = Half a page.
• Bladesinger = 1.5 pages
• Evereska = 0.75 pages
• Half-Elf = 1 page

$40 for 3.75 pages hardly seems like a worthwhile investment. I can write up a player's guide that incorporates all that (which incidentally I already have) and let them borrow the book if they're desperate to play a bladesinger.

This is why I don't consider this to be a worthwhile investment for a player. Especially if you're not actually playing in the Sword Coast.

I you had one player who made one character and then that was it, then yeah sure, you'd be right.

I suppose this half elf never leaves Evereska?