D&D 5E Not upgrading? What version of D&D 5e are you sticking with?

Which version of D&D 5e are you playing (see post of explanation)

  • 5.0 (PHB - Tashas)

    Votes: 38 62.3%
  • 5.1 (Post Tashas)

    Votes: 23 37.7%

True, but it's also $150 more than the $0 I spend to use the virtually identical books I already have. :)
Hence "Especially if you do like the changes they made."

I mean, I didn't need to buy 3.5 but I liked the changes. I certainly didn't need to buy Pathfinder 1e, but again I found the changes to be worth the upgrade cost. The fact my 3.0 PHB was virtually identical did not factor into either.
 

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Hence "Especially if you do like the changes they made."

I mean, I didn't need to buy 3.5 but I liked the changes. I certainly didn't need to buy Pathfinder 1e, but again I found the changes to be worth the upgrade cost. The fact my 3.0 PHB was virtually identical did not factor into either.
Yea, but that doesn't quite capture it. In a vacuum, I approve of the majority of the changes they made. And if they had published them as alternate class features or errataed spells in a new crunch book, that would have been fine. Because then they would have been part of a package with a bunch of novel material.

So my reticence to buy the books has nothing to do with not liking the changes, it's much more of an indictment of the overall value of the package those changes were put into.

Which is why my viewpoint (which I don't feel is particularly uncommon) isn't really captured by the poll OR by "full steam ahead 2024." I'm not against the changes, nor do I dislike the design decisions of Tasha's into 2024; the changes simply aren't worth the cost to acquire them.
 

$150 is a rather small amount compared to comparable hobbies. Especially for books that you will use for a decade. $150 won't buy you a competitive Magic deck, it barely starts you out in Warhammer, it won't buy you a decent music instrument, PC or video game console, or paint supplies. It is slightly more than a good dinner and a movie for a family of four!
I want to live where you live. A movie for 3 where I live is $100-$120 when you add popcorn and drinks. Add in another $50-$60 for a dinner for 3 at a relatively inexpensive restaurant and you are at or over $150, and we don't have a fourth.
 

I want to live where you live. A movie for 3 where I live is $100-$120 when you add popcorn and drinks. Add in another $50-$60 for a dinner for 3 at a relatively inexpensive restaurant and you are at or over $150 and we don't have a fourth.
Heh, we have 6 people at my house; we'll spend that $150 for just the movies.

Which supports the point @Remathilis is making as to the relative cheapness of the books, of course.
 


$150 is a rather small amount compared to comparable hobbies. Especially for books that you will use for a decade. $150 won't buy you a competitive Magic deck, it barely starts you out in Warhammer, it won't buy you a decent music instrument, PC or video game console, or paint supplies. It is slightly more than a good dinner and a movie for a family of four!

I mean, I get times are hard and people struggle, but I don't think $150 is an undue hardship for a game that will entertain you for years. Especially if you do like the changes they made.
That doesn't answer my question though: for those who are re-buying their core books with 5.5 (which I specified in my post), what are they getting for their $150? They aren't starting a new hobby with it, by definition.
 

Heh, we have 6 people at my house; we'll spend that $150 for just the movies.

Which supports the point @Remathilis is making as to the relative cheapness of the books, of course.
This is a big reason why we rarely go to the movies.

For those of you who don't think $150 is that big a deal...good for you, I suppose. That is not the case for everyone in this hobby.
 


That doesn't answer my question though: for those who are re-buying their core books with 5.5 (which I specified in my post), what are they getting for their $150? They aren't starting a new hobby with it, by definition.
They are getting what they want to get out of it. I like the updates and my old books are a little threadbare. I won't argue it's a necessary purchase, but I am getting my value out of it.
 

Heh, we have 6 people at my house; we'll spend that $150 for just the movies.

Which supports the point @Remathilis is making as to the relative cheapness of the books, of course.
A long time ago I noticed something with regard to myself. I will easily take my wife out to dinner at a fine restaurant and spend $250-$300 for an hour or so, but I often have a hard time spending $40-$50 on a D&D book that I will use for years.
 

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