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<blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 7640998" data-attributes="member: 42040">I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with the idea that 5E will become bloated to the extent that 3.5/PF did. The rate of releases &quot;feels&quot; like the slowest since I've been in the hobby (the late 1980s) - at least during periods when a current edition of D&amp;D has been in print [of course I have nothing to back this up with.] Even then, the releases we get are mostly big, hardcover campaigns with scarcely any usable crunch to impact the rules. I've purchased nearly every campaign adventure and run most of them (some multiple times even!) I would be delighted to get more content, but the releases are pretty much a trickle - compared to what we got in the 3.x era. There are few 3rd party resources that have been reviewed, vetted, or have any designations of quality. Most D&amp;D publishers of note from that era have moved on to their own systems. So strangely, the game is more popular than it's ever been (so we're told), but there's a surprising lack of supplements, adventures, and quality content (or ways to find it, besides a stab in the dark on the DMs Guild.) Heck, you used to be able to go to Green Ronin, Goodman Games, Necromancer Games, Paizo, Monte Cook, and others to get quality content. Nowadays, who knows what you're getting? And from Wizards, we get 3-4 books a year - and if one of those books happens to be something you're not interested in (Penny Arcade parody campaign guide, Magic: The Gathering Setting, etc), then you're out of luck for content for 6 months or more.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retreater, post: 7640998, member: 42040"] I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with the idea that 5E will become bloated to the extent that 3.5/PF did. The rate of releases "feels" like the slowest since I've been in the hobby (the late 1980s) - at least during periods when a current edition of D&D has been in print [of course I have nothing to back this up with.] Even then, the releases we get are mostly big, hardcover campaigns with scarcely any usable crunch to impact the rules. I've purchased nearly every campaign adventure and run most of them (some multiple times even!) I would be delighted to get more content, but the releases are pretty much a trickle - compared to what we got in the 3.x era. There are few 3rd party resources that have been reviewed, vetted, or have any designations of quality. Most D&D publishers of note from that era have moved on to their own systems. So strangely, the game is more popular than it's ever been (so we're told), but there's a surprising lack of supplements, adventures, and quality content (or ways to find it, besides a stab in the dark on the DMs Guild.) Heck, you used to be able to go to Green Ronin, Goodman Games, Necromancer Games, Paizo, Monte Cook, and others to get quality content. Nowadays, who knows what you're getting? And from Wizards, we get 3-4 books a year - and if one of those books happens to be something you're not interested in (Penny Arcade parody campaign guide, Magic: The Gathering Setting, etc), then you're out of luck for content for 6 months or more. [/QUOTE]

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