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<blockquote data-quote="Caliban" data-source="post: 7407898" data-attributes="member: 284">How much of any hobby do you need?&nbsp;&nbsp; I mean, on a practical level, none of this is necessary - not the dice, not the rulebooks, not the minis, not the setting info.&nbsp; None of it.Go write a story or do an improv session with your friends.&nbsp; Go watch a movie.&nbsp; Play a sport, take up karate, go hiking.&nbsp; Play video games.&nbsp;&nbsp; All are viable alternatives to our particular hobby. For many DM's nothing beyone the core rulebooks and dice are necessary - they create their own campaign world and lore and even feats and magic items.&nbsp; There is no real need for any supplements. Some people just want crunch (new &quot;official&quot; races, classes, sub-classes, and/or feats and magic items).&nbsp;&nbsp; The lore and setting info are just pointless fluff included to pad the page count of the books. Other people are just the opposite - they really don't care about all the crunchy bits, but they want more setting info, more lore - something they can create a character's personality and background with.&nbsp; If that includes a new class or feat that is tied into the lore, so much the better.&nbsp;&nbsp; Or they simply want to know more - the same reason people study the minutiae of movies and books and TV series and then make wikis about them. Some people want it all.&nbsp; If it's associated with a particular setting, or published from an official source, they'll buy it.&nbsp; But none of this - not the crunch, not the fluff - is actually &quot;needed&quot; anymore.&nbsp; Doesn't stop people from wanting it though.&nbsp; And paying for it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Caliban, post: 7407898, member: 284"] How much of any hobby do you need? I mean, on a practical level, none of this is necessary - not the dice, not the rulebooks, not the minis, not the setting info. None of it. Go write a story or do an improv session with your friends. Go watch a movie. Play a sport, take up karate, go hiking. Play video games. All are viable alternatives to our particular hobby. For many DM's nothing beyone the core rulebooks and dice are necessary - they create their own campaign world and lore and even feats and magic items. There is no real need for any supplements. Some people just want crunch (new "official" races, classes, sub-classes, and/or feats and magic items). The lore and setting info are just pointless fluff included to pad the page count of the books. Other people are just the opposite - they really don't care about all the crunchy bits, but they want more setting info, more lore - something they can create a character's personality and background with. If that includes a new class or feat that is tied into the lore, so much the better. Or they simply want to know more - the same reason people study the minutiae of movies and books and TV series and then make wikis about them. Some people want it all. If it's associated with a particular setting, or published from an official source, they'll buy it. But none of this - not the crunch, not the fluff - is actually "needed" anymore. Doesn't stop people from wanting it though. And paying for it. [/QUOTE]

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