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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9110456" data-attributes="member: 2209">I started with 1e and B/X. When 2e came out I got a really good deal off a mistakenly priced ad in a comic for the 2e PH so my brother and I put in orders for everyone in my group who was interested. I kept using my 1e DMG and PH and just got new 2e modules and sourcebooks. It was fairly interchangeable between 1e and 2e stuff and I allowed stuff from both editions in my game.When 3e came out I figured I had enough 2e stuff to last a lifetime and I was happy with it but I preordered the 3e PH at a discount to check it out. I also heard about the OGL stuff and checked out the SRD and I really liked it. I mostly adopted based off of the PH and SRD but did not get the DMG or MM mostly sticking with the SRD and my DMing experience, but I did go in pretty hard on a lot of sourcebooks.When 3.5 came out I checked out the srd liked it and went with that, not picking up any of the core books but going with supplements and modules.When 4e came out there was no SRD and not really a discount on core books on sale. I was happy with 3.5 and did not check out the new edition stuff directly. I picked up the concept of monster solos, elites, and minions and applied them to my 3.5 game and it worked well. It was not until years into the edition when I guest played in a game that I checked 4e out directly. At that point they had finally released the fast play rules from H1 Keep on the shadowfell as a free PDF so I checked that out and read it. I liked it. I bought the Christmas big discount PH I&II set off of Amazon and read the PH. I really liked a lot of it. I played and had fun. I joined a new group and 4e was their game of choice.Before that though I had been doing a bunch of Paizo stuff and so I checked out their Pathfinder playtest and really liked it and used that as an update for my then 3.5 group. When Pathfinder 1e came out it had an SRD and I used that and started buying Pathfinder sourcebooks and modules and integrated them into my 3e/3.5/d20 stuff. I was in big when I joined the 4e group, they eventually got burnt out on 4e when I got into it and so we did Pathfinder and I both played and DMd and was happy with it when 5e came out.We checked out the playtest a little but did not go in at first, doing a bunch of Pathfinder and White Wolf and Mutants & Masterminds and d20 Modern and being happy with that.Eventually 5e came out with a bit of an OGL and srd and some of us got the books and were interested in trying it out. I liked it and it has been my system of choice since then.For me in recent D&D editions SRDs are a big factor in whether I check out a new edition right away or not.</blockquote>

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