07-16-2003, 02:30 AM
Our group will be purchasing the core books and probably others as they arrive ( beleive in 2004 a "Complete Fighter" book will be arriving, so don't know how that will affect masters of the wild or sword and fist...
The prices are a huge issue. When I started D&D over 20 years ago, it was the realm of teenagersa who could afford 20 bucks a book. Now in Australia the books retail for around 80, which is out of reach of most non working people, and even those with jobs. <_<
The changes look good on the whole, but as always use what you like, and change the rules or omit them as you see fit.
As to second edition and the unearthen arcana years. TSR was taken over by a women that had no interest in the game whatso ever and bankrupted it. The release of all the garbage in that era was all her fault, and is why gygax sold up. Just be glad now that wotc, has the riegns and is making alot of the rules open source and has players that love the game making it.
The prices are a huge issue. When I started D&D over 20 years ago, it was the realm of teenagersa who could afford 20 bucks a book. Now in Australia the books retail for around 80, which is out of reach of most non working people, and even those with jobs. <_<
The changes look good on the whole, but as always use what you like, and change the rules or omit them as you see fit.
As to second edition and the unearthen arcana years. TSR was taken over by a women that had no interest in the game whatso ever and bankrupted it. The release of all the garbage in that era was all her fault, and is why gygax sold up. Just be glad now that wotc, has the riegns and is making alot of the rules open source and has players that love the game making it.