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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sunshadow21" data-source="post: 6743921" data-attributes="member: 6667193">I never said I wouldn't play it, just that I'll probably never personally DM it. I can easily play it with just the PDF and/or a single book investment, and I can, with the right group, enjoy it. How I DM other systems does influence the type of things I look for in other DMs, so watching and participating in the 5E forums on the more overarching topics is something I enjoy and can make small contributions to, even without being a massively boisterous supporter of the system. DMing is where the resource cost is more than I am willing to shell out; the raw cost of a few extra books may not be huge by itself, but when my budget is limited and there are other options out there that more than another variant of the D&D mold, that is where any money spent on the DM side is going to go, not 5E or even at this point Pathfinder or any other D&D variant. I will use the stuff I already have to DM while looking for other systems to play in, but DMing in those other systems without notable experience on the player side is not going to happen any time soon.You act as if 5E is somehow hugely different from earlier editions, and in implementation, it is, but a lot of the basic concerns raised in this thrad apply to all versions of the D&D family to some degree. The differences between mundane interactions and magic, as well as the role of the DM are by no means new and it helps me as a DM, regardless of which system I use, to see how those have evolved in the latest edition.</blockquote>

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