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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6891044" data-attributes="member: 1465">Speaking strictly for myself, as a stand-alone product SCAG doesn't really have much point... I might be wrong because I haven't actually read the book itself, just "previews & reviews" and lots of comments on these forums.As a DM I am not interested in a "start here" book to be honest, I like books that give a high-level bird-eye view on a complete world, and also add low-level details, but the latter are easier for me to make up if missing. Yes the books have to be massive, and yes I'm willing to spend money on a setting I like. In the 3e days, the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting book and the Rokugan Campaign Setting book were primary examples of how I want them to be, as were the Dragonlance Campaign Setting and the 3rd-party Kingdoms of Kalamar (tho I didn't own them personally).A book that details only one region does not have a point for me personally, unless it's part of a larger collection. That brings down to the next question... is SCAG just a first book of a series? If it is, it would make a lot more sense to me. Then alas, unfortunately (for WotC) I am already the owner of several FR books beyond the 3e FRCS, and I don't see much reasons to switch to running FR games in a different era, so even if SCAG gets companions for other regions of the Realms, the fluff of the book won't be very attractive to me.So then there is the crunch... I do really wish to add more subclasses to the core game, as I thought the PHB was a bit too "slim" on subclasses options. The other crunch, I don't care much for. I don't feel we need more cantrips or backgrounds at all. Still, the subclasses of SCAG would be a nice addition to the game, so here's really the only point of SCAG for me. It's not a major selling point, so maybe if I find SCAG one day on a discount bin, I might pick it up.</blockquote>

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