D&D 5E To own 5E books or not to own 5E books that is the Question

[jasper]

I work in the creative field and have a lot of friends that work in the creative field, like games, comics and film. So I have a zero tolerance policy for pirated material at my table.........

Now, if you don't want players using pirated stuff at your table, just have their character constantly get robbed by pirates. They get hijacked or wake up with stuff stolen after a rest. If they complain, just tell them that the kingdom they're in doesn't really do anything about piracy as it's not really hurting anyone.

Or you could just be direct. And say "jasper don't bring pirated material to my games. Leave at home, or stay home".

 

[Guest 6801718]

Or you could just be direct. And say "jasper don't bring pirated material to my games. Leave at home, or stay home".

I probably should have put that little smiley at the end of the second part to show I was just being facetious. I would just be direct with them. No reason to actually take up game time and put in the extra work if you don't want this kind of stuff at your table.

Jasper, don't take things so literally! (See, I remembered this time)

 

[ccs]

newbie nerd! newbie nerd!
At the top of Every hour of game play ccs must.
Take out the trash (good luck if you running in a con)
Let the dog out.
put the dishes into the dishwasher.
change his younger brother diapers. (if no younger brother. MhBlockhead will wear adult diapers to the game).
Get up and find the remote for dad.
Because that how it was done in 1985.

It has nothing to do with newbs. I have a dislike of electronics used during play. Leads to distractions. I don't care if you own every book in minty fresh condition.

And if I run a game at the local shop? You (or someone) buys physical product or you don't play. We can't really do much about you owning a book bought elsewhere, but we can enforce the no electronics. It looks bad if other customers see everyone sitting there NOT using the stuff the shop sells. And since we KNOW you don't have legal 5e pdfs....
Physical book or your not welcome in my games at the shop. And I don't run AL, so it doesn't matter what WoTC might think ad far as thier BASIC pdf.

 

[ccs]

I hate errata so I am not buying anymore crap. Make a product that is ready when it is released. Talk about pirates, jeesh.

EDIT: Also, it is kinda hard to tell my players to buy a PHB when mine fell apart and I present the PHB to them in three separate folders.

When I am not complaining about the quality of product, I am buying core books, only.

Likewise on the errata. My games run by 1) the book, 2) my rulings.
I'll pay attention to errata only when I must - ex; MTG, or if I'm in some minitures war gaming tourny.
If I run into errata as a player? I shrug & do it however the current DM wants. But I never bother looking for it myself.

 

[jgsugden]

I own three PHBs.

 

[gyor]

It's preferable to buy, I bought the PHB, but if you can't afford to buy it, or even if you simply prefer a PDF copy, I don't people for doing what they need to do. That they don't have a cheaper PDF version like Paizo, Onyx Path and other companies do is WotCs own fault so no sympathy to them from me at all.

 

[discosoc]

I buy the books, but I also have to pirate them for the PDF versions. As a DM, it really sucks having to cart around 3 to 6 hardcover books when I have a perfectly good tablet to use, simply because WotC has something against digital copies. Because of that, I have no problem if my players decide that piracy is the best solution for them... It's kind of ironic, actually.

 

[gyor]

I buy the books, but I also have to pirate them for the PDF versions. As a DM, it really sucks having to cart around 3 to 6 hardcover books when I have a perfectly good tablet to use, simply because WotC has something against digital copies. Because of that, I have no problem if my players decide that piracy is the best solution for them... It's kind of ironic, actually.

Yeah WotC does it to itself, they gave the PDF monopoly to pirates.

 

[Jester David]

In my experience there are two types of D&D players: those who view D&D (and other RPGs) as their big hobby and buy the books, and those who just want to play. Dedicated players and casual players.

Generally, groups form around one dedicated player, who ends up DMing because they know the rules and own the books. So you have one book per table.
Occasionally, but not always, another player might buy a book, but it's super rare for everyone to purchase the books anymore than it is for everyone to buy a deck of cards or board game before game night. They're just there to play and spend time with friends.

 

[gyor]

It's preferable to buy, I bought the PHB, but if you can't afford to buy it, or even if you simply prefer a PDF copy, I don't people for doing what they need to do. That they don't have a cheaper PDF version like Paizo, Onyx Path and other companies do is WotCs own fault so no sympathy to them from me at all.