I now have the 3 core books.
In general, I'm very happy with the books.

Apart from Phandelver, which is pretty good for a starting DM, I don't think I'll be buying into the other campaign books.
They've had varying reviews quality wise and TBH I have so much old material to use with 5E, I don't even need to buy them.
I'm currently running "The Temple of Elemental Evil" , which will last ages.

My son is having a go at DMing and I gave him Phandelver to work with as practice, seeing as it's designed for starting DMs.
However, after a couple of sessions, he didn't like having to go by a written scenario and now we have the DM's guide, he's writing his own material.

So apart from the DM screen, which I'll probably buy, unless there's new Monster manuals on the Horizon, I can't see myself buying much.

I really like 5E and I'm glad I bought into it, but I can't see WotC making much more money from me.  

I wonder what other material they're going to publish in future and if it'll at all draw my interest.
I'd probably buy a campaign setting such as a re-issue of Greyhawk or something.
Are they going to do something like that I wonder?

Good question. I'm also very, very pleased with the 3 core books and I feel that I'll be set for a while.

If they publish a new Ravenloft setting book, I'll grab that, I think. Otherwise we have 4 or so other editions' worth of stuff to use, let alone all the other OSR material out there.

I am, however, looking forward to all the supplementary material that they'll put out for free in their newsletter or whatever it is.

I would probably buy a MM2, and even maybe a MM3.

I might buy campaign setting books if they are of a good enough standard.

I can't see me buying any adventures, additional player's guides or anything like that.

I like it much more than 3e, it's on par with 4e, so I will happily use it to rally newbies and grognards to D&D.

The core books are so sufficient I doubt I'll buy anything more from the line other than the forthcoming Eberron material, Ravenloft if I'm ever in the mood again, and dominion management rules. Life and funds are short enough.

This seems like the least splat-friendly ruleset in a long time.

I'm always a sucker for more scenarios (not enough time to write my own) but if they keep inflating the price and shipping weight with hardcovers for a 96 page book, I'll pass.

Buying Monster Manuals is more likely.

I would get an Eberron setting book. I probably wouldn't run it, but it'd be an interesting read and mine it for my own stuff.
The same goes for Ravenloft.

I would defo buy 5E SpellJammer and 5E GammaWorld.

I'd probably get any Monster manuals they release as well. They're always fun to read.

I wouldn't buy any splatbooks. I've never liked those sort of things, so I doubt going forward I'd bother with it either.

Unlikely I'd buy scenarios. There' so much stuff already out there anyway I can easily convert.  

So it looks like for me, setting books and Monster manuals is where they'd get my money.

I would do more MM, I always like those.

A spell compendium or just more spells.

A Magic item book as well.

I could do my own but some people have better ideas than me.

Quote from: Godfather Punk;803964I'm always a sucker for more scenarios (not enough time to write my own) but if they keep inflating the price and shipping weight with hardcovers for a 96 page book, I'll pass.

Yes, the hardback scenario books and thus the inflated prices was what initially put me off buying the scenario books, apart from later finding out they weren't that good anyway.

Greetings everyone. This is my first post but I've been a non-member lurker for quite some time.

Honestly, I am quite pleased with 5E. I started with the Blue Book (it was a gift from my parents) and my brother and I always enjoyed BECMI/RC and ADND. 2E wasn't too bad, but 3, 3.5/PF, and 4 just weren't to my taste. 5E has brought me back and has a set of mechanics that I find very much to my liking. I think Mearls and the rest have done quite a good job.

I've got all 3 books and the starter set as well as the free pdf's. I like what I see and my players are liking it as well. I read through HotDQ and was not overly impressed. I've always been a fan of Greyhawk and am currently using it for my group of 20-something through 60-something aged players.

I'm very interested to see where things go from here.

Quote from: Wood Elf;803969Greetings everyone. This is my first post but I've been a non-member lurker for quite some time.

Hi there. glad you felt like posting.

Your background sounds similar to mine, although after 2nd Ed, I dropped dnd and went to Runequest, Rolemaster and other systems over the years.

I DID run PF for a while, but got sick of it once it hit mid to high level and unmanageable. It was easy to get players for though.

Anyway, yeah, It'll be very interesting to see where WotC goes with 5E in the future.

I have the 3 core books, the Starter Set, Legacy of the Crystal Shard, and the Baldur's Gate adventure (the latter two I purchased more out of nostalgia for the CRPGs than anything else, though they turned out to be pretty decent).

Some of the adventures seem pretty good (Legacy of the Crystal Shard, Phandelver; I haven't read the BG one yet).  I have no interest in the hardcover adventure path that has been published (way too linear for my tastes).  If they produce more sandbox-ish stuff, I may check them out.

I definitely would get a Planescape campaign book (or something similar).

Beyond that, I probably will not get too much, especially if I do not end up playing/running it much.  

Like many others, I have so much old AD&D and D&D stuff I can use -- either with AD&D or 5e -- I'm not dying to expand my library.

I played Harn for awhile. Until 5E came out though I've mostly been playing my own home-brew system. I tried a variety of rpgs but not many caught my attention other than Harn.

I'm hoping that WOTC will produce more materials for gm's (setting stuff) rather than a pile of player add-ons. I've got my own various home-brew worlds, but Greyhawk has always been one of my favourites. Having been a historical reenactor for over 20 years, where authenticity is paramount, has further reinforced my preference for an "old-world" medieval western European feel. Early 10th century to early/mid 1400's. Greyhawk has that feel for me.

I have the core 3, and will probably stick with that for a while.  Then again, I've always done a lot of my own stuff anyway

Nope, not unless they give me some Planescape. It was literally the only thing that got me back into 2nd/1st (Dark Sun was nice but I have better systems for that setting).

Otherwise, D&D has largely lost my interest, and I have the Red Box & Rules Cyclopedia if I'm feeling nostalgic for a few sessions.

That said, I'm glad that they seem to largely have returned to the concept of D&D as a roleplaying game vs whatever you'd call 5th edition, and that its easily accessible to new players, simply as the main face of the publishing side of the hobby.

And if they manage to do some more nice & cheap pre-painted minis, I'll be all over that.

PS welcome to the site Wood Elf.

Quote from: Wood Elf;803969Greetings everyone. This is my first post but I've been a non-member lurker for quite some time.

Hey, I did that too! Welcome out of the shadows.