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8 months ago ::
Nov 15, 2012 - 7:48PM
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Wotc will actually break into your home and destroy all your 4e books.
It's already happened to half the playtesters for 5e.
No it's their playtest packets they keep destroying and replacing with junk.
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8 months ago ::
Nov 15, 2012 - 10:02PM
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We are blessed with multiple FLGSes (saw it less of a blessing when, six months after we opened the second FLGS in town, three more opened in rapid succession), and one of them is co-owned by the guy who taught us D&D 4e and he has zero interest in DDN so they stay well stocked in D&D 4e books – and they sell everything for 10% off MSRP!
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8 months ago ::
Nov 16, 2012 - 3:36PM
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Well while amazon has lots of 4 e books. They are not cheaper. Look at adventures vault one www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_16?url... This link shows it selling for 89.99. That waaaaaaymore money. It like tryi g to find 2 nd edition stuff. It out there but you are gonna pay a premium for it
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8 months ago ::
Nov 16, 2012 - 5:00PM
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well, yeah, some of those amazon sellers are very inflated and unrealistic.
Other books are much cheaper.
AV1 is out-of-print, and has been for several months (Yeah. I know. What was the thinking there?). That's why. go Ebay--I got mine (slightly used) for less than cover price.
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8 months ago ::
Nov 17, 2012 - 7:48AM
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I've also had incredible luck with Half Price Books. The company has locations in a good portion of the country, and I'm sure there are local equivalents elsewhere. I've gotten quite a few 4th books there, and they have shelves full of 3.5, 3, and 2nd Edition goodies too. A lot of the fluff from 2nd and 3rd Editions are excellent, and can easily work for 4th, especially if you're playing in curated worlds like Eberron, Forgotten Realms or Dark Sun.
All depends on what people bring in, I've picked up a load of old Shadowrun/Earthdawn books too, mostly because the fluff there is excellent. The most populous stuff on the shelves seems to be flavors of GURPS, followed by 2nd Edition. Sometimes you also find gems, like a 2nd edition printing of "Chainmail" for $3. Yoink!
This is CharOp. We not only assume block-of-tofu monsters, but also block-of-tofu DMs.
One reach cheese'd threatening reach Spiked Chain shuts down any non-teleporting quarterback.
You're already refluffing, what not refluff to something that doesn't suck?
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8 months ago ::
Nov 17, 2012 - 7:54AM
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Well while amazon has lots of 4 e books. They are not cheaper. Look at adventures vault one
www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_16?url... This link shows it selling for 89.99. That waaaaaaymore money. It like tryi g to find 2 nd edition stuff. It out there but you are gonna pay a premium for it
Half my 4e collection came from amazon for $15 or less. I've gotten tons of 2e stuff there too for next to nothing. Perhaps it's a right time right place thing, but my experiences are vastly different from yours.
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8 months ago ::
Nov 17, 2012 - 8:07AM
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I want to buy more 4E books... but... I have no interest in the paper they are printed on.
In fact I want to get rid of the paper books I have. Just as soon as I can get LEGAL ebooks, preferably ones that aren't made by scanning the paper books.
"The world does not work the way you have been taught it does. We are not real as such; we exist within The Story. Unfortunately for you, you have inherited a condition from your mother known as Primary Protagonist Syndrome, which means The Story is interested in you. It will find you, and if you are not ready for the narrative strands it will throw at you..." - from Footloose
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8 months ago ::
Nov 17, 2012 - 8:57AM
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Well while amazon has lots of 4 e books. They are not cheaper. Look at adventures vault one
www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_16?url... This link shows it selling for 89.99. That waaaaaaymore money. It like tryi g to find 2 nd edition stuff. It out there but you are gonna pay a premium for it
Half my 4e collection came from amazon for $15 or less. I've gotten tons of 2e stuff there too for next to nothing. Perhaps it's a right time right place thing, but my experiences are vastly different from yours.
same.
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8 months ago ::
Nov 17, 2012 - 10:38AM
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Although I'd been playing 4e for nearly 4 years, I didn't venture into DMing it until the last couple of years. The cover prices of these books I found to be wildly overpriced (sorry WoTC). So, as someone above me suggested first, I got myself eBay and PayPal accounts. My book collection skyrocketed from 1 or 2 to nearly every 4e book available, in one year! I got some incredible, fantastic deals buying 4e books on eBay. There are a lot of disgruntled geeks out there and you can turn their butthurt into cheap gaming materials! Be patient and learn the tricks of eBay and you'll save yourself (no lie), thousands of dollars.
Also, I gotta say I'm with you on D&D Next. The playtest is very nice and all, but until I see the published, finished game books, I'll be playing 4e. Do yourself a favor and get a DDI account, if you don't already have one. Download every available article and adventure from Dragon and Dungeon and you are basically good to go for multiple years.
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8 months ago ::
Nov 18, 2012 - 1:17PM
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Let me preface by saying I'm fairly new to the D&D experience having never played before 4E. I purchased the PHB1, Monster Manual and DMG not knowing if I would ever be able to use them. My gaming group is made up entirely of people new to D&D (you're welcome WOTC).
Now that I know everyone is enjoying it and we will likely continue, I've been checking out some of the published campaigns, additional monster manuals, dugeon tiles and even adventurers vault books to add to my collection of resources. It seems like these are hard to find. Most book stores I have been to do not carry a great deal of D&D material. My question is, are 4E books and materials becoming more scarce as everyone moves to the new edition? Are things like the Adventurer's vault going to be even harder to find in future?
Hexgoblin,
I've played D&D a few times, but it wasn't until 4th edition that I got into "seriously" playing D&D. With the new edition on the horizon, I have likewise notice 4E books getting harder and harder to find. Knowing that 4E is going to be going by the wayside (by and large), I have been going to Amazon and buying up what I can.
If you and your group are enjoying 4E as much as I am, I would recommend that you try that route. Amazon is not only selling the books cheaper than suggested retail, but various sellers on Amazon are also selling 4E books (some new and some slightly used) even cheaper than what Amazon is offering the books for.
It is unfortunate, but I think that we are seeing 4E drawing to a close in light of D&D Next.
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