If you take a look at Amazon.com, you can see one of the first products in 2010, the Player’s Handbook Races: Dragonborn. At $9.95, this paperback supplement is, conceivably, the first of many. In fact, if there’s one for every race in print, just right now, that’s 15 (we’re counting the Genasi and Drow from FRPG). That’s over $150 books once you add tax. And next Spring they’ll be bringing out PHB3. Oh, and there’s the Ebberon Player’s Guide coming out, introducing the Warforged and possibly another race… How many more?
And what if they decide that the Power Source sourcebooks aren’t enough (Arcane Power, Martial Power, etc.)? Will they introduce individual books for each class?
It boggles the mind!
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May 6, 2009 at 6:30 am
Lurkinggherkin
Oh come now. What did you expect, after all?
May 6, 2009 at 8:44 am
Questing GM
D&D is officially going to be the most expensive RPG to play, someday.
May 6, 2009 at 10:18 am
RPG Ike
Gherkin’s right, but I agree with your sentiments.
After spending so much money on 3.5 books and watching the power creep, well, creep, I decided to stick with the core books plus maybe one or two others, and that’s all. I can’t get excited about all these extras, especially since I just won’t use 95% of that material before Pathfinder, 4.5E, or 5E is announced.
Maybe ya’ll play much more than I do, though.
May 6, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Scott
I’ll be giving the race books and campaign settings a pass.
Probably will continue to pick up the PHBs and the Power series, at least while they maintain reasonably good quality. 4-5 books a year is easily within my budget.
May 8, 2009 at 2:03 pm
MJ Harnish
Ah the tidal wave of splat books….wait until they start releasing Dragonborn 2, 3 and 4. ;op