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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6943386" data-attributes="member: 22779">Perception is a funny old thing.For me, the early 3.5 edition books weren't worth the paper they were printed on.&nbsp; I had zero interest in them.&nbsp; Just retreads of the same old stuff.&nbsp; It wasn't until later 3.5 that I bought pretty much any WotC books - Tome of Magic was one of the best rpg books I'd bought in a long, long time.&nbsp; The Environmental Series books were fantastic.&nbsp; Complete X books?&nbsp; Pass thanks.&nbsp; Ohh, gee, let's jump on the power wagon yet again and make the game overly complicated to appeal to people who think rules mastery is a great thing.&nbsp; No thanks.&nbsp; Me, I'm perfectly happy to see one, maybe two, character based books in the entire run of 5e.&nbsp; Steady churn of character based books - and for me, one per year is still FAR too many?&nbsp; No thanks.&nbsp; I'll wait until WotC produces something I actually want to buy.AFAIC, the fact that I don't have to audit every character sheet at the table every level is a GOOD THING.&nbsp; I never, ever want to see anyone using a spreadsheet program at my table again.&nbsp; Whether 3e or 4e, didn't matter.&nbsp; 4e had what, 40 base classes released in 2 or 3 years?&nbsp; How in the world could I possibly keep up?&nbsp; What's a &quot;warden&quot;?&nbsp; And how does that fit into my campaign world?Heck, even in our 5e game, the presence of a Swashbuckler Rogue has caused problems.&nbsp; &quot;I get my sneak attack&quot; &quot;why, there's no advantage and no one is near you&quot;&nbsp; &quot;Yeah, I'm a swashbuckler&quot;&nbsp; &quot;Oh right!!&quot; is a conversation that comes up nearly every session.&nbsp; And it's not like this is a newbie table.&nbsp; All of us have been gaming for over a decade, through multiple editions, and most of us have DM'd at some point or other.Add in a complete book of character options?&nbsp; Forget that.&nbsp; Endless wrangling about how X or Y works?&nbsp; If I wanted that, I'd go back to playing 3e or 4e.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6943386, member: 22779"] Perception is a funny old thing. For me, the early 3.5 edition books weren't worth the paper they were printed on. I had zero interest in them. Just retreads of the same old stuff. It wasn't until later 3.5 that I bought pretty much any WotC books - Tome of Magic was one of the best rpg books I'd bought in a long, long time. The Environmental Series books were fantastic. Complete X books? Pass thanks. Ohh, gee, let's jump on the power wagon yet again and make the game overly complicated to appeal to people who think rules mastery is a great thing. No thanks. Me, I'm perfectly happy to see one, maybe two, character based books in the entire run of 5e. Steady churn of character based books - and for me, one per year is still FAR too many? No thanks. I'll wait until WotC produces something I actually want to buy. AFAIC, the fact that I don't have to audit every character sheet at the table every level is a GOOD THING. I never, ever want to see anyone using a spreadsheet program at my table again. Whether 3e or 4e, didn't matter. 4e had what, 40 base classes released in 2 or 3 years? How in the world could I possibly keep up? What's a "warden"? And how does that fit into my campaign world? Heck, even in our 5e game, the presence of a Swashbuckler Rogue has caused problems. "I get my sneak attack" "why, there's no advantage and no one is near you" "Yeah, I'm a swashbuckler" "Oh right!!" is a conversation that comes up nearly every session. And it's not like this is a newbie table. All of us have been gaming for over a decade, through multiple editions, and most of us have DM'd at some point or other. Add in a complete book of character options? Forget that. Endless wrangling about how X or Y works? If I wanted that, I'd go back to playing 3e or 4e. [/QUOTE]

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