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What motivated you to purchase splatbooks for 3e?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jhaelen" data-source="post: 4581389" data-attributes="member: 46713"><p>My primary motivation was getting all base classes. It was the only reason I bought books like Dragon Magic or Dungeonscape.</p><p></p><p>Since I found that I liked all of the Complete books, I continued to buy those even though the second round didn't have any new base classes.</p><p></p><p>My secondary motivation was getting everything connected with mind flayers since they're the center of my campaign. It's why I bought MM5 and 'Lords of Madness'.</p><p></p><p>I also purchased 'Elder Evils' since I was looking for advice on how to properly end a long-going campaign.</p><p></p><p>I got 'Weapons of Legacy' because I like Earthdawn and its treatment of legendary items.</p><p></p><p>Finally I bought MIC and RC because I got tired of lugging so many books around...</p><p></p><p></p><p>There were also some books I didn't buy, even though I probably should have considering my motivations:</p><p>- SC: Imho, most spells beyond the PHB are either too situational to be useful or broken, so I passed.</p><p>- MM2-4: I always felt that MM1 is pretty much sufficient to poulate a campaign, expecially when utilizing templates, advancement rules and classed monsters.</p><p>- 'Magic of Incarnum': Purely for fluff reasons. I just didn't get what Incarnum was supposed to be and why it should have a place in my campaign.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jhaelen, post: 4581389, member: 46713"] My primary motivation was getting all base classes. It was the only reason I bought books like Dragon Magic or Dungeonscape. Since I found that I liked all of the Complete books, I continued to buy those even though the second round didn't have any new base classes. My secondary motivation was getting everything connected with mind flayers since they're the center of my campaign. It's why I bought MM5 and 'Lords of Madness'. I also purchased 'Elder Evils' since I was looking for advice on how to properly end a long-going campaign. I got 'Weapons of Legacy' because I like Earthdawn and its treatment of legendary items. Finally I bought MIC and RC because I got tired of lugging so many books around... There were also some books I didn't buy, even though I probably should have considering my motivations: - SC: Imho, most spells beyond the PHB are either too situational to be useful or broken, so I passed. - MM2-4: I always felt that MM1 is pretty much sufficient to poulate a campaign, expecially when utilizing templates, advancement rules and classed monsters. - 'Magic of Incarnum': Purely for fluff reasons. I just didn't get what Incarnum was supposed to be and why it should have a place in my campaign. [/QUOTE]
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