D&D 5E Will you buy the new Gift Set with Monsters of the Multiverse?

[Parmandur]

I'm always game for more monsters. I love just picking books and flipping through for things I've never used or haven't used in years.

There is just 1 new Monster, though the new style is probably interesting for experimenting.

 

[Parmandur]

I voted no, as I already own the books they originally appeared, but hope WOTC doesnt take any potential sales slump to mean people aren't interested in a NEW monster book or one focused on just monsters. I'd much prefer a MM 2 over the mixed content books we've seen.

I mean, the book in the gift set is a MM2, very specifically.

 

[Azzy]

I may buy the individual book in May just to have to consolidated the number of books I reference, but it's a low priority.

 

[Scribe]

1. Already have Volo's and Mord's, so the gift set is a waste.

Yep, or even worse.

Have Xanathars, Volos, and MtoF AND actively dont want Tasha's.

So the Gift Set would be extremely wasteful, and I dont like the changes at all anyway.

 

[Cadence]

Voted May. I could use the other two in the gift set... but not at the full cover price for all three. (I'd get it for like $105, but then feel guilty for not supporting my LGS). For now I'll borrow the other two from my son.

 

[jmartkdr2]

Yep, or even worse.

Have Xanathars, Volos, and MtoF AND actively dont want Tasha's.

So the Gift Set would be extremely wasteful, and I dont like the changes at all anyway.

I suppose I left out the possibility of owning one and not wanting the other...

Gift sets aren't really for us to buy, though: they're aimed at either new players who want to catch up, so to speak, and friends/loved ones of players who don't know what else to get you. Although missing the winter holiday season makes that less of a market.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Absolutely no chance with the Gift set.

Digital would be next but with Beyond we don't even know what it'll contain so that's out for now.

And honestly I don't have any reviews of how good the changes to the monsters are. I expect I might pick it up eventually, but not May.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

Absolutely no chance with the Gift set.

Digital would be next but with Beyond we don't even know what it'll contain so that's out for now.

And honestly I don't have any reviews of how good the changes to the monsters are. I expect I might pick it up eventually, but not May.

From what we've seen so far on the preview taken from twitter by @darjr , the changes are pretty minimal. Even with all that talk about the races and their niche and archetypes and yadayada, the changes to playable races are pretty basic: add fey ancestry to gobs, trance works different, everybody gets darkvision for the sake of it, etc

I'll wait for the 2024 release myself.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

From what we've seen so far on the preview taken from twitter by @darjr , the changes are pretty minimal. Even with all that talk about the races and their niche and archetypes and yadayada, the changes to playable races are pretty basic: add fey ancestry to gobs, trance works different, everybody gets darkvision for the sake of it, etc

I'll wait for the 2024 release myself.

The monster changes are pretty notable.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

The monster changes are pretty notable.

I mean, looking at the drow matron and Orcus, it seems more like small quality of life improvements rather than a major rewrite.

I guess that depends on how you define minor/major changes.