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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 3261327" data-attributes="member: 18182">Sorry, entry point for most newbies is still $100Sorry, gonna have to disagree with you here.  Let's say you have a group of kids in middle school who decide they want to play the game.  They have computers and internet access, but have never heard of the SRD nor have any clue regarding the "d20" system.  They just want to play D&D after hearing about it from somebody.They've seen the books in chain stores, but there are no FLGS they know about to get advice from (or even what they are).  Besides, not every town has an FLGS, and some that do have ones without the "F" in that acronym.They get one of their parents to buy the Basic Set and after one evening say, "That was fun!  But what next!"For groups like this and other newbies to the hobby, a $100 investment is "what's next".Sure you *can* cobble a game from just the PHB and the online SRD, but the average guy (girl), the SRD is not a "user-friendly" format if they are even aware of it's existence.  A lot of newbie gamers and even old-timer gamers have never heard of or never check out the SRD website, ENWorld or similar sites.Sure you *can* purchase the three core books at great online discounts, but not everybody shops at Amazon and Buy.com (and etc).Not everybody thinks to check out the library, and many libraries don't carry this sort of material anyway.And if you're a complete newbie, you just might not have anybody to borrow a book from.There are certainly ways around the $100 entry point for D&D, but they are not viable for the average consumer.  It's people in the know like us here on ENWorld (and we all probably sprang for all the core books anyway) that know the secrets of cheap gaming!</blockquote>

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