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<blockquote data-quote="ColonelHardisson" data-source="post: 7651069" data-attributes="member: 363">I imagine it would have to be something that wouldn't alienate old school players, many of whom have shown more interest in Next because of WotC's willingness to listen, the old school nature of much of what we've seen with Next, and the back catalog being released as pdfs on DnDClassics. WotC has shown an awareness of just how alienating their past decisions have been, and seems determined to not make the same mistakes. So that's why I agree it won't be anything fundamental to the game itself. So, yeah, convenience products sound more plausible. It struck me that perhaps they would offer individual parts of rulebooks for sale - that is, a player could buy the details of the class they want to play, rather than a whole Players Handbook. This could work for new players who want to try out the game without making the investment in a book, and for those players who simply refuse to buy books in the first place, and borrow those of others to create characters or refer to rules. It would also serve as a good lure to the buying of the entire books; a lot of players would likely want the whole book after an initial taste. Now, I don't think it's very likely at all for this to be one of the types of microtransactions WotC wants to do; I'm just tossing out an idea.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ColonelHardisson, post: 7651069, member: 363"] I imagine it would have to be something that wouldn't alienate old school players, many of whom have shown more interest in Next because of WotC's willingness to listen, the old school nature of much of what we've seen with Next, and the back catalog being released as pdfs on DnDClassics. WotC has shown an awareness of just how alienating their past decisions have been, and seems determined to not make the same mistakes. So that's why I agree it won't be anything fundamental to the game itself. So, yeah, convenience products sound more plausible. It struck me that perhaps they would offer individual parts of rulebooks for sale - that is, a player could buy the details of the class they want to play, rather than a whole Players Handbook. This could work for new players who want to try out the game without making the investment in a book, and for those players who simply refuse to buy books in the first place, and borrow those of others to create characters or refer to rules. It would also serve as a good lure to the buying of the entire books; a lot of players would likely want the whole book after an initial taste. Now, I don't think it's very likely at all for this to be one of the types of microtransactions WotC wants to do; I'm just tossing out an idea. [/QUOTE]

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