D&D 5E Would you rebuy all the books if they were updated?

[fba827]

If you're talking about a single year having passed? No. Never under any circumstance

If you mean at some point in the future ( say.... 5 years) I'd look at
(A) amount of updates/impact of updates
(B) cost of updated book(s) compared to how much I have in my budget for gaming stuff
(C) current and expected usage ( ie am I still gaming regularly with this game system edition or expecting to soon)
(D) expected longevity of said updates ( ie will it stay relavent? Will the revisions just get revised again from the next rind of surveys where people say it was too much revision and it broke in the other direction than before, etc)


But that's just me ...

 

[fjw70]

To justify a new purchase there would need to be a significant change in the rules, and quite frankly I can't see that much in 5e that needs to be fixed.

 

[Agamon]

For some minor updates? No, not likely.

 

[Jeff Carlsen]

Only for the PHB, and only on occasion.

I've found it handy in the past to have extra core rulebooks for games. So, picking up a modestly updated copy of the PHB in a few years isn't a problem.

Future printings should definitely fix typos and clear up poorly worded rules. If actual changes to the mechanics do become worthwhile, I'd like those included to, so long as a new PHB isn't the only mechanism for getting these changes.

 

[fjw70]

I've found it handy in the past to have extra core rulebooks for games. So, picking up a modestly updated copy of the PHB in a few years isn't a problem.

LOL, I would probably pick up a few cheap original PHs from those dumping them to get the slightly updated one.

 

[Li Shenron]

Mearls said that 5e will be a "living" game. Some time next year there will be a survey to gauge the response from playing the new system. Sometime after that, if it's deemed necessary, updates to the rules will be made.

So let's say in about three years time after a few surveys and a few updates, that they decide to do a new print run with all the revisions. It's not technically 5.5e, but it's enough of a change that having a new rulebook would be nice.

Do you think you'll rebuy all the new books? Or will you just stick with something like DungeonScape and assume all the updates will be included in that?

Funny, I just posted the same question a couple of weeks ago...

In general I want to buy an edition ONCE. After I buy the corebooks of one RPG's edition, I don't want to buy them again.

Unfortunately, this whole uncertainty about whether there will be updates (already in 2015) is currently causing me to delay buying 5e now, for fear that next year there will be an improved version. And if there is, then I might be tempted to wait to see if the 2016 is even better...

 

[UngeheuerLich]

Only for the PHB, and only on occasion.

I've found it handy in the past to have extra core rulebooks for games. So, picking up a modestly updated copy of the PHB in a few years isn't a problem.

Future printings should definitely fix typos and clear up poorly worded rules. If actual changes to the mechanics do become worthwhile, I'd like those included to, so long as a new PHB isn't the only mechanism for getting these changes.

Now that I have enough money to do so, I will. I paid 4e DDI for quite a while after I used it, because I wanted support the hobby. I can understand if someone won´t though. There were times I could not afford a second copy and didn´t want to buy a second book just for minor corrections that I didn´t really like (3.5e).

This time I bought my first book as the one I pass around in my group, the one to use pencil to add schools to wizard spells. The next one I buy will hopefully have them written out, and I am willing to get it, maybe in 3 years or so.

 

[Umbran]

If I'm using the books, I might well buy new, updated copies after a few years, yes.

 

[Gargoyle]

If they add value like with leather covers, and some additional content, perhaps an extra appendix or two (new spell lists, etc) I would buy them and even pay more. If it's just errata, I don't want to pay just for that, a PDF works fine.

 

[evilbob]

Yeah, the answer entirely depends.

4.0 was ruined by the fact that within a year the PHB was worthless. Within 2 years it couldn't even be counted as a 4.0 reference book any more because it was so badly out of date. That was horrible.

On the other hand, 3.5 came out a little over 3 years after 3.0. And it was a significant enhancement to the game, with enough positive changes that it really felt like you were getting a real update. That felt ok at the time.

I sincerely hope that they don't change much. But if they do, I hope they follow something more like the 3rd edition model.

But yeah: mostly this is why you need PDFs of your books that are auto-updated with any fixes / errata. Still not sure why they aren't doing that.