NOW LIVE! Today's the day you meet your new best friend. You don’t have to leave Wolfy behind... In 'Pets & Sidekicks' your companions level up with you!

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 6533319" data-attributes="member: 2629">Let me put it this way: At the core, 5E is AD&D with better math.  AD&D was released in the 70s and people played (and enjoyed) thousands of hours of role playing with nothing more than friends, three books, dice, paper and pencils.  If you feel you're missing out on something from D&D because there is not a constant influx of new books, digital tools, etc... - I think you're kind of right.  You're missing something, but it may not be what you think it is.  Slow down and appreciate the materials that have been released.  If you play a character 8 hours a week and follow the experience point and encounter guidance in the books, I think it'll take you at least 6 months (and probably more like 12) to advance from level 1 to 20.  I'm betting that each of us can find at least 4 or 5 character builds in the 5E PHB that would interest us.   That is at least 2 years - and probably more like 5+ years of pleasure we can derive from the released materials if we play religiously.  Each edition of D&D has sold us more and more on this idea that we need a constant influx of materials.  If you pay attention to the percentage of the released materials you actually used in each edition, you'll discover that you paid a lot of money (or stole a lot of stuff) that never saw use.  Personally, I'm glad they've slowed things down and are not wringing out every coin they can get.</blockquote>

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