I’ll probably buy the book with the druids and barbarians when it comes out. I’ve been thinking that if I ever get motivated to design a classless form of 4E, it might be worth while. I also plan to support other products, especially Runequest. But if companies like Paize and Green Ronin continue to make D20 products, I’ll probably spend the majority of my money on those.
4e is the game for me...at least for now. My group tends to be highly resistant to non-D&D, but if they weren’t then I would push for Mutants and Masterminds or d20 Advanced.
My groups also tend to shun non-D&D games. They simply aren’t as interested. I would love to play some Legend of the Five Rings or Exalted but alas, I don’t see that happening soon. I do love 4th edition myself though, so it’s not too big of a deal.
Same here - my group i very D&D centric. Its a bit annoying when you want to play other styles i mean they, will not even look at star wars so i think if i wana game ill have to ply D&D 4e.
Although my group is split, 50/50, on loving/loathing 4e, we’re going to continue to use the system at least for a few more months, at least until all of the Forgotten Realms materials have been released. I will continue to purchase materials during that time.
I have a few issues with 4e (fewer then I did/do with 3e) that I’ll homebrew/"fix" for me and my group(things like skill challenges, occupations/crafting, and magic costing XP). So I guess I will buy more. I usually only buy core and the “core-ish” splat books (like epic or psionics) but that will be harder with 4e as they left a lot of stuff out of core. Beyond that, the FR setting and player’s guide will be it for me, for both financial reasons and my sanity. I’m hoping the Power Source books will be typical splat so that I an write them off, I will be really cheesed if they are material that should have been in core.
I voted for the plenty of books. I will most likely split whatever entertainment budget I have across 3E, 4E, and d20 Advanced, but my purchases will be few and far between. For instance, I have no desire to get the FRCS, but I do want the Eberron books. I’ll probably buy Pathfinder when it’s released, and as soon as I am able to get a print version of d20Advanced, I’ll be picking that up.
My core group of gaming friends were, at least initially, tied together by the RPGA. That being said, we primarily play D&D, though we do play non-WotC games occasionally. Most of us, however, are pretty impressed by the changes made with 4e, so it is likely it will continue to be our primary game.
Put another hash mark in the “I love 4e” column. That should not come as a shock to anyone since I have long embraced my 4e fanhood. Luckly 5/6 of my group agrees with me.
I run Forgotten Realms exclusively and what seems to have made me an outcast with some FR Fanatics, I absolutely LOVE what they’re doing to the FRCS. That being said, I’m fortunate enough to have a group that buys me a lot of the books they want added into play. I buy all my FRCS items, they cover the core.
I’m probably going to follow the same rule I’ve followed ever since 3.0 came out: I’ll buy a book if it offers something I want that’ll either improve my game or provide unique mechanics for me to toy around with on the side, regardless of the game. I’ll be picking up Pathfinder, and I’ll probably wind up sticking with 4e core and whatever equivalent to alternate magic systems 4e has to offer like Tome of Magic in 3.5. Most of my gaming dollars, however, are going to continue to go to games like Mutants & Masterminds.
It looks like I am the only one to pick “other”, so I figure I will post to explain.
I will most likely be spending most of my game dollars on Chaosium’s new Basic Role-Playing line. I have always been a big RuneQuest fan (not to be confused with Mongoose RuneQuest, which is RuneQuest in name only) and BRP is the closest thing out there. They have a pretty aggresive release schedule (for Chaosium, but nothing compared with the flood expected form WotC) for campaign settings and adventure books, so there should be plenty to buy.
On the D&D side I will probably pick up Pathfinder, but it remains to be seen whether my group will play it or whether we will leave the D20 game entirely. Of the six people in my group only one person has any interest in 4e and even he has problems with some of the changes.
Luckly 5/6 of my group agrees with me.
