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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 5980779" data-attributes="member: 1465"><p>How much do you have in mind when you say "invest"? You already have the DMG so if you're interested in just the PHB and MM, I think you can afford the cost even if you ain't going to play it later (although you should be aware that 4e was conceived with the "everything is core principle" which means that not every traditional class is in the first PHB so you might need more).</p><p></p><p>If you're the DM, then you probably have the chance to play the edition you want even if it's not the latest, so go ahead and collect all the 4e books you want. In the worst case this might mean you need to get in some casual players if the mass of hardcore gamers follows the latest editions (but for my own tastes, this is actually the <em>best </em>case).</p><p></p><p>If you're a player, in which case you anyway most likely need less books than the DM, you have different options: if you already know people who can take you into their game, buy those couple of books you really need ASAP so that you have at least a good year to play. </p><p></p><p>But if you <em>don't</em> have a potential group, then you'd better wait until you have a good chance. Should you find the chance later, you are more likely to find 4e books discounted as 5e gets closer, and should you not, well just try again with 5e <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 5980779, member: 1465"] How much do you have in mind when you say "invest"? You already have the DMG so if you're interested in just the PHB and MM, I think you can afford the cost even if you ain't going to play it later (although you should be aware that 4e was conceived with the "everything is core principle" which means that not every traditional class is in the first PHB so you might need more). If you're the DM, then you probably have the chance to play the edition you want even if it's not the latest, so go ahead and collect all the 4e books you want. In the worst case this might mean you need to get in some casual players if the mass of hardcore gamers follows the latest editions (but for my own tastes, this is actually the [I]best [/I]case). If you're a player, in which case you anyway most likely need less books than the DM, you have different options: if you already know people who can take you into their game, buy those couple of books you really need ASAP so that you have at least a good year to play. But if you [I]don't[/I] have a potential group, then you'd better wait until you have a good chance. Should you find the chance later, you are more likely to find 4e books discounted as 5e gets closer, and should you not, well just try again with 5e :cool: [/QUOTE]
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