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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6300044" data-attributes="member: 1465">I don't really think a "Starter Set" is meant for people who played D&D for years and want to "try out 5e" before buying. It's primarily meant for newbies as an introduction to the RPG hobby, that's why it has a truly low price tag. I can't really say what a newbie needs, because when I bought my first D&D books I had already played in someone else's game so I already knew what the game was all about... and then I bought the 3e core books and I went straight to DM a homebrew game! I don't think the Starter Set will lack character creation rules at all, but it might well have some pregens and an introductory adventure, because that's something potentially useful for newbies.But experienced gamers definitely don't need a starter set. They already know what the game is all about. They probably already have too many dice and minis and maps. They already spend hundreds of bucks per year on RPG books and materials, so they can buy the PHB and get a better opinion than from a starter set which has only the "Basic" rules. And if they really want to "try out 5e" before spending 50$ for the PHB, they had 2 years and a half of public playtest, they can still find the playtest rules if they want them, and have plenty of trials before buying. The playtest rules aren't going to be that different from the final game in terms of "how 5e works", if the real purpose is truly to just try out the general mechanics of 5e. Also, the starter "Basic" rules definitely give a much more limited view of the whole 5e experience, despite being the final version.</blockquote>

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