Shardstone
Hero
This is probably the best I've ever seen it put!People wishing for player-facing compilations will be waiting for a LONG time.This is how WotC is making their money while cutting back on their book schedule. Players can't just get away with buying a single book and have now three more years worth of material to use... if they want lots of new options they have to continually pay up just like DMs have been doing for the past 40 years.
Players now have to think and act like DMs. Which in WotC's mind is a good thing, because it means these players might be more inclined to also start becoming DMs just to get use out of all this stuff they are buying. And thus the circle of available DMs widens, thereby opening more tables, thereby making more D&D players. Players can't hide in their little 'Complete Book Of' or 'XXX Power' holes anymore while making others DMs for them. LOL.
If WotC kept putting out 3 years of playable material out every year, D&D would be rolling into a new edition really soon. And that's a GOOD thing in my opinion.
Obviously people want to pay for a book with 50 sub-classes in it that are well tested, but that's the only purchase you're making for that edition for some time. How can you expect a company to want to indulge in a model that has literally ruined the sellability of the game for 4 straight editions?
