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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 5456317" data-attributes="member: 58197">First, welcome to the Dark Side. Have a cookie. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Second: No, you do not need your old core 4E stuff. Essentials is a complete game; if you have at least one of the &quot;Heroes&quot; books, plus a Rules Compendium and a Monster Vault, you're good to go. (DM's Kit if you want the extended list of magic items.) You don't have to get the Rules Compendium, but I highly recommend it. It's tight, well organized, and very handy at the table.Rituals are not included in Essentials, so you will need to bring your old PHB if you want PCs to have access to ritual magic.Third, re buying the Monster Vault: Yes, yes and HELL YES. The Monster Vault is approximately one hundred and seventy-three and a quarter times better than MM1. They fixed the math (especially at Paragon and Epic tier), cut down grind, and gave solos the flexibility and resilience they need to take on a party unassisted. These days, I use Monster Vault or homebrew for everything; MM1 no longer exists in my world.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 5456317, member: 58197"] First, welcome to the Dark Side. Have a cookie. :) Second: No, you do not need your old core 4E stuff. Essentials is a complete game; if you have at least one of the "Heroes" books, plus a Rules Compendium and a Monster Vault, you're good to go. (DM's Kit if you want the extended list of magic items.) You don't [i]have[/i] to get the Rules Compendium, but I highly recommend it. It's tight, well organized, and very handy at the table. Rituals are not included in Essentials, so you will need to bring your old PHB if you want PCs to have access to ritual magic. Third, re buying the Monster Vault: Yes, yes and [i]HELL YES[/i]. The Monster Vault is approximately one hundred and seventy-three and a quarter times better than MM1. They fixed the math (especially at Paragon and Epic tier), cut down grind, and gave solos the flexibility and resilience they need to take on a party unassisted. These days, I use Monster Vault or homebrew for everything; MM1 no longer exists in my world. [/QUOTE]

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