I'm going to only my second D&D session tomorrow, should I buy my own players handbook?
Which edition? I'd say you'd probably want more than one for 3.5 unless it's a small group, but you probably don't need more than one for 5e unless your group really likes casting spells and sucks at memorizing them
>>48237858
We're 5e, and I don't know the game at all, and I'm basically being given a crash course on how the game works as we encounter things.
>>48237858
I might want to mention that this group is part of the Adventurers League.
>>48237864
As long as somebody has a phb and you aren't in a particularly large group you're probably fine
Or better yet, just ask them when you see them tomorrow
>>48237820
Start with the basic rules
Web: http://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop/players-basic-rules
Pdf: http://media.wizards.com/2016/downloads/DND/PlayerBasicRulesV03.pdf
Those are great but basic and leave out a lot of Races/Classes/Archetypes. You're probably going to want to get the PHB and the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide eventually, but I wouldn't be in any hurry. AL doesn't require you to show purchase receipts the way PFS does.
It's not really neccesary. I get by with the pdfs on my computer and tablet, and I don't really have a lot I need to look up when playing.
> spending 50 bucks on a system you probably will stop playing when you play, I dunno, literally any other RPG besides FATAL.
Yeah I don't think so. Your money has better places to go than the pockets of Kike Mearls and the Jews of the Coast.
>>48241183
>waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah waaaaaaaaaaaah
>stop doing what I do not like
Jesus fucking christ you fuckers are getting pathetic.
>>48240387
For what possible reason would he need a Sword Coast book? He already has a character, he's not shopping about for a super-special new class, and the new cantrips aren't worth buying a new book for.
Double so if you aren't even playing in that campaign world.
>>48241232
He's right though.
I started with 4e, experimented with pf/3.5, then dropped D&D and D20 based systems wholesale as soon as I discovered BRP and WHFRP.
D&D is pretty much only played because it's memetic.
It's a bit of an impotent sacred cow.
No. Just use the srd websites. Google them, faggot.
>>48241255
Did you miss him saying he's in AL? AL characters are automatically either PHB+SCAG or PHB+EEPC and there's no reason not to eventually acquire the books you'll be playing under.
>>48237820
So, I know the guy in that picture. He runs a larp that I went to for about 4 years. He's a prick.
>>48241232
>>48241302
Yeah, 3.5 was the system that I was introduced on and I pretty much never played it after that single session.
Laptop/tablet + pirated .pdf
