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<blockquote data-quote="Scurvy_Platypus" data-source="post: 4849207" data-attributes="member: 43283">I honestly don't care about the setting.There's _so_ much stuff available right now, Pathfinder having a setting is almost like giving a drowning man a glass of orange juice.These days, I fully expect that a game is going to come with a main setting book and then is going to do another 5-10 additional books; for me, that's just way too much. It winds up being a barrier to entry for me, because I quite frankly have no interest in having to read a whole bunch of made up stuff, just to get my game on. I want to run and play _my_ game; not be a guest star (or guest director) in someone else's deal.I realize I'm not the majority on this, but... *shrug*It's a fine line to walk between putting on new stuff for the collectors to pick up, and just making folks like myself dig in their heels and say &quot;I'm not spending a dime on anything other than the core book.&quot;I think you underestimate folks quite a bit. Over the years, I've known players to be much more avid collectors of this stuff than GMs. That's not counting the folks that don't play any more and buy stuff because they think they're going to play again...some day, or the people that buy it because they like reading this stuff like it's a novel or something, or the folks that are buying it as some sort of inspiration.Plus, let's be honest, most of the &quot;setting&quot; stuff? It's got a decent chunk of mechanics mixed in. Pure fluff (background) books are pretty rare. So if a GM or player is interested in mechanical things (rules updates, additional bits, whatever), chances are they're going to pick up the book, regardless of how much use they actually have for the setting material.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scurvy_Platypus, post: 4849207, member: 43283"] I honestly don't care about the setting. There's _so_ much stuff available right now, Pathfinder having a setting is almost like giving a drowning man a glass of orange juice. These days, I fully expect that a game is going to come with a main setting book and then is going to do another 5-10 additional books; for me, that's just way too much. It winds up being a barrier to entry for me, because I quite frankly have no interest in having to read a whole bunch of made up stuff, just to get my game on. I want to run and play _my_ game; not be a guest star (or guest director) in someone else's deal. I realize I'm not the majority on this, but... *shrug* It's a fine line to walk between putting on new stuff for the collectors to pick up, and just making folks like myself dig in their heels and say "I'm not spending a dime on anything other than the core book." I think you underestimate folks quite a bit. Over the years, I've known players to be much more avid collectors of this stuff than GMs. That's not counting the folks that don't play any more and buy stuff because they think they're going to play again...some day, or the people that buy it because they like reading this stuff like it's a novel or something, or the folks that are buying it as some sort of inspiration. Plus, let's be honest, most of the "setting" stuff? It's got a decent chunk of mechanics mixed in. Pure fluff (background) books are pretty rare. So if a GM or player is interested in mechanical things (rules updates, additional bits, whatever), chances are they're going to pick up the book, regardless of how much use they actually have for the setting material. [/QUOTE]

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