D&D 5E What Would You Give Up For A Cheaper PHB?

[Wulfgar76]

Heck... I'd pay an extra $10 just to guarantee the book included all eight school specialization sub-classes for the wizard and the eight primary deity/domains they had back in the playtest packets from last year.

The last thing I want is for them to try and cover all of the Forgotten Realms Greater Deities with just three domains to choose from. That would royally suck. Even if the book only cost $35.

Agreed. If they shortchange us on Wizard Schools and Domains that will be pretty lame.

 

[Herschel]

Yep. D&D is a luxury item. Give me quality for my $50 and I'll be just fine. Limit the number of spells to a reasonable amount and sell a splat if needed but otherwise go to town. This isn't food, shelter or medicine.

 

[Zardnaar]

$10 PDF would help a lot but they will probably want $20+. That why if you do not like it no big deal its only $10 if you do go and buy the rest of the books from Amazon. I just do not wnat another 4E where you buy the books that sit on the shelf and collect dust and they are not much fun to read either like some of the older D&D books.

 

[frogimus]

No glossy paper. It feels cheap, and light always hits it wrong.

Limited full-color art. There's too much quarter-page and half-page art in 4e (for example). Art should complement and break up the "wall of text" of the rules, not be in competition with the purpose of the book.

Consistent artwork style. Some of the artwork is more comic book/graphic novel style (PHB cover, for example) that really looks out of place against the "classic" fantasy style in most of D&D.


Funny thing is, I would actually pay a premium to get these.

 

[pming]

Hiya.

I'm with frogimus. I can't *stand* glossy pages...much to hard to read anywhere other then somewhere with subdued, diffused lighting. They also feel flimsy, tear easily, can't be even lightly penciled in on then errased without making a mess of things. I dislike glossy pages so much now that if 5e has them, I'm not buying (which means I'm pretty much not buying 5e). If they come out with a PDF of all, that I'd buy; I can print it without images and on decent paper and bind it myself.

^_^

Paul L. Ming

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

It would be nice to get the paper and stitched binding quality that my 1E DMG has.

 

[pickin_grinnin]

Don't cut anything. Accept lower profits per individual sale.

 

[VictorC]

Nothing, I have no problem paying $50 for a book of the size and quality I'm expecting.
But even if it somehow is less than I'm expecting $50 is pretty much in line with what the market would dictate given inflation.

The only thing I don't understand is why this alleged price tag has so many people lighting torches and grabbing pitchforks.

 

[frogimus]

Because torches and pitchforks are fun! If the SRP was $10, there would be people lamenting the fact that the iconic D&D has been cheapened.

 

[redboxrazor]

I'll happily pay $50 for a complete ph.
No desire for omission here