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D&D 5th Edition Keep one, sell other two - Which one Is The Keeper Book?

Started by Koltar, August 10, 2017, 07:23:22 PM

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Koltar

August 10, 2017, 07:23:22 PM
Greetings,

 Simple Question - if you were to decide to sell off two of the main three core books of "Dungeons & Dragons" 5th edition and KEEP one of the the three Which two do you sell?

 Which one Do you Keep for future use?

Players Handbook - Keep or sell?
Monster Manual - Keep it or sell it?
Dungeon Master's Guide - keep or sell?

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RunningLaser

#1
August 10, 2017, 07:47:59 PM
My take?  Monster books are always fun to have on hand.  There's been plenty of nights I pulled out a book of monsters for a game and leafed through them with my kids.

Koltar

#2
August 10, 2017, 07:53:19 PM
Quote from: RunningLaser;981805My take?  Monster books are always fun to have on hand.  There's been plenty of nights I pulled out a book of monsters for a game and leafed through them with my kids.

Monster Manual?
 That I was definitely thinking of selling off.
Thing is I tend to GM or DM other game systems - mainly GURPS, classic TRAVELLER, and maybe 'Savage Worlds'...

Because of where I work I always have a shot at buying replacement copies if I have to in the future. Mainly doing this to get extra spending cash for GEN CON next week.

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TrippyHippy

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August 10, 2017, 11:27:39 PM
The Player's Handbook is the only one you need to play. In fact, I've barely ever opened the DMG.
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Voros

#4
August 10, 2017, 11:45:33 PM
The PHB is the only essential one, as usual. MM are always the most fun to just read. DMGs are always optional although I'd say this is one of the best produced for D&D.

TrippyHippy

#5
August 11, 2017, 01:23:19 AM
Quote from: Voros;981858The PHB is the only essential one, as usual. MM are always the most fun to just read. DMGs are always optional although I'd say this is one of the best produced for D&D.
In 1st edition AD&D you actually needed the DMG, as it had all the rules of play in. Boring book to read though. They switched the rules into the Player's Handbook from 2nd Edition onwards. As they've gone through the editions where was more a shift towards discussing world building, etc, which was easier to read but never really essential.
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Voros

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August 11, 2017, 01:38:26 AM
Yeah I was aware of the bizarre decision to split the rules in 1e. I assume that was to make the DMG essential. The magic items listed in DMGs are like crack though.

TrippyHippy

#7
August 11, 2017, 02:46:45 AM
It's actually a curiosity of their original intent, insofar that the first AD&D book published was actually the Monster Manual (1977), then the Player's Handbook (1978) and then finally the Dungeon Master's Guide (1979, but in many places delayed till later). If you wanted to play the AD&D game in 1978, you had to get the To Hit tables from White Dwarf magazine! Without digging up another contentious thread, the question is whether the "Advanced" moniker essentially referred to these books being supplements to the Original D&D box set as the original intent, remains even though the rules as written were notably different and evolved (?) into a different game.
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Llew ap Hywel

#8
August 11, 2017, 02:57:10 AM
Sell all three and buy Mythras.

But seriously the only keeper if your player only is the PHB. If your a DM that writes his own adventures all three are useful but at a pinch you could sell the DMG.
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Cellador

#9
August 11, 2017, 11:21:10 AM
With access to the SRD, the PHB is the one you have to keep for access to the extra character options (archetypes, feats etc). Most of the other books are in the SRD with the exception of a few monsters.
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#11
August 11, 2017, 11:46:05 AM
Quote from: jeff37923;981990Sell all three. The D&D 5E Basic Rules are available as free pdf downloads from the WotC website.

What if he wants to play a warlock?
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rgrove0172

#12
August 11, 2017, 12:10:33 PM
Quote from: jeff37923;981990Sell all three. The D&D 5E Basic Rules are available as free pdf downloads from the WotC website.

Ugh, cannot stand reading rules in the electronic medium. If it aint in paper and between hard covers I probably wont play.

jeff37923

#13
August 11, 2017, 12:34:25 PM
Quote from: HorusArisen;981996What if he wants to play a warlock?

What if he doesn't want to play fucking Mythras?
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Llew ap Hywel

#14
August 11, 2017, 12:38:29 PM
Quote from: jeff37923;982007What if he doesn't want to play fucking Mythras?

Well mine was clearly a joke as evidenced by the next sentence.

Also unlike your response my rebuttal was a generally polite question highlighting the problem with the online offering.

It's ok though, we know your an asshole you don't need to prove it in every post.
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