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<blockquote data-quote="Mr. Lobo" data-source="post: 1565536" data-attributes="member: 7694"><p>Yes, I would buy more RPG products if they were cheaper. In price that is. But again, most of the stuff I buy is story oriented fluff and not really crunchy hard core rules.</p><p></p><p>After re-reading my last post in this area I want to clarify a point I made about the value of the 3.5 rules increasing for me as the price decreases, meaning that I would pay $14.95 for the SRD3.5 PDF from creative mountain games vs $90.00 for the three core rulebooks from WotC. I don't think my subjective value for having the 3.5 rules has actually increased, I just want to be able to keep up with the players that want to play 3.5 in case I have to get into that situation because no one else wants to play an earlier version. So, what I really mean is that the value hasn't really gone up, rather the activation barrier for purchasing this rules set has gone down.</p><p></p><p>What I really would like to do is get a group together that wants to play a pre-3E version (preferably 1E) where you can get all the core rules in PDF format for about $15.00. All the add-ons are about $5.00 each. Not only are these prices cheap but they are reasonable for me and my budget.</p><p></p><p>By the same token I think it would be great if all the 3E and 3.5E books were converted to PDF format and avalable for download at a cheaper than hardback book cost. I would definitely buy more of the 3E generation of RPG products if this were the case. In fact, PDF's are all I buy right now. (edit)</p><p></p><p>So the big questions for me are (if I go the "cheap" route and play an older system):</p><p></p><p>1. How much will I be losing out on by not playing 3.5E? </p><p></p><p>2. Will I be boxing myself into a corner as far as player base is concerned?</p><p></p><p>3. Will it really be worth it to spend less on an older system rather than</p><p>spend more on the new system which may eventually be replaced in the next 2-3 years (ie 4E)?</p><p></p><p>4. Am I just a cheap lazy bum because I don't want to have to nitpick over all the changes that need to be made to get my ~$600.00 worth of 3E stuff up to 3.5 standards? How many are there anyway? </p><p></p><p>5. How many movies could I have seen for $600.00? What if I just rented the DVD's?</p><p></p><p>Done rambling,</p><p></p><p>Mr. Lobo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mr. Lobo, post: 1565536, member: 7694"] Yes, I would buy more RPG products if they were cheaper. In price that is. But again, most of the stuff I buy is story oriented fluff and not really crunchy hard core rules. After re-reading my last post in this area I want to clarify a point I made about the value of the 3.5 rules increasing for me as the price decreases, meaning that I would pay $14.95 for the SRD3.5 PDF from creative mountain games vs $90.00 for the three core rulebooks from WotC. I don't think my subjective value for having the 3.5 rules has actually increased, I just want to be able to keep up with the players that want to play 3.5 in case I have to get into that situation because no one else wants to play an earlier version. So, what I really mean is that the value hasn't really gone up, rather the activation barrier for purchasing this rules set has gone down. What I really would like to do is get a group together that wants to play a pre-3E version (preferably 1E) where you can get all the core rules in PDF format for about $15.00. All the add-ons are about $5.00 each. Not only are these prices cheap but they are reasonable for me and my budget. By the same token I think it would be great if all the 3E and 3.5E books were converted to PDF format and avalable for download at a cheaper than hardback book cost. I would definitely buy more of the 3E generation of RPG products if this were the case. In fact, PDF's are all I buy right now. (edit) So the big questions for me are (if I go the "cheap" route and play an older system): 1. How much will I be losing out on by not playing 3.5E? 2. Will I be boxing myself into a corner as far as player base is concerned? 3. Will it really be worth it to spend less on an older system rather than spend more on the new system which may eventually be replaced in the next 2-3 years (ie 4E)? 4. Am I just a cheap lazy bum because I don't want to have to nitpick over all the changes that need to be made to get my ~$600.00 worth of 3E stuff up to 3.5 standards? How many are there anyway? 5. How many movies could I have seen for $600.00? What if I just rented the DVD's? Done rambling, Mr. Lobo [/QUOTE]
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