If you were just buying the books for the character options, you probably just want to buy the books with the least feature crossover, right?
For example, looking at my physical books (which I will never buy again), I see that the Bladesinger wizard subclass is available in SWAG but also in TCoE. Most of the time I assume you'd buy TCoE for bang-for-buck unless you REALLY want to play a purple dragon knight. Is there a comparison anywhere? I know I can go into the sourcebook itself and see what options are in it, but it would be nice to see them side by side.
Just as an fyi, you can just purchase the character options without buying the rest of the book. Depending on what you have and what you want, that may be a cheaper option.
That said, Xanathar’s and Tasha’s are probably the way to go, as they do have several reprints from other books.
You'd want to buy Tasha's over SCAG, since you need the full Tasha's in order to get access to optional class features and origin customization. Then you can just buy any other desired character options from SCAG piecemeal.
Without looking at each source and adventure to see what is available, no.
Expand the "Read More" and it should give you a list of how many of what player and DM options there are such as 2 races, 1 feat, 3 backgrounds, 4 magic items, 1 vehicle, 276 monsters, 2.6 subclasses, e³ subraces and such. Individual things like races, feats, backgrounds, items, creatures will be listed for individual purchase as well if you want to see exactly what you'll get integrated with DDB regarding that stuff.
Piecemeal purchasing will exclude a lot of purely optional, unintegrated extras that might still interest players and DMs if they wish to manually include them. An example of something not integrated with DDB are the optional rules for gameplay and optional tables like Favorite Con for the Criminal background or like Discovery for the Hermit background, but with the full source, you'll get to read all of those extras.
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I notice there's actually quite a few "comped", "subscriber" and "bonus" in the order transactions. I don't know what any of them are but I assume they're from purchases?
I notice there's actually quite a few "comped", "subscriber" and "bonus" in the order transactions. I don't know what any of them are but I assume they're from purchases?
“Comped” I’m not sure, although I have at least one of those. That might be the category they use for promotions like “buy a gift for someone in December and get these dice” and/or pre-order perks.
“Subscriber” would be items that you get through the monthly subscriber perks
”bonus” I’m nos sure either, unless that’s pre-order perks or something else
If you were just buying the books for the character options, you probably just want to buy the books with the least feature crossover, right?
For example, looking at my physical books (which I will never buy again), I see that the Bladesinger wizard subclass is available in SWAG but also in TCoE. Most of the time I assume you'd buy TCoE for bang-for-buck unless you REALLY want to play a purple dragon knight. Is there a comparison anywhere? I know I can go into the sourcebook itself and see what options are in it, but it would be nice to see them side by side.
Just as an fyi, you can just purchase the character options without buying the rest of the book. Depending on what you have and what you want, that may be a cheaper option.
That said, Xanathar’s and Tasha’s are probably the way to go, as they do have several reprints from other books.
You'd want to buy Tasha's over SCAG, since you need the full Tasha's in order to get access to optional class features and origin customization. Then you can just buy any other desired character options from SCAG piecemeal.
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Without looking at each source and adventure to see what is available, no.
Expand the "Read More" and it should give you a list of how many of what player and DM options there are such as 2 races, 1 feat, 3 backgrounds, 4 magic items, 1 vehicle, 276 monsters, 2.6 subclasses, e³ subraces and such. Individual things like races, feats, backgrounds, items, creatures will be listed for individual purchase as well if you want to see exactly what you'll get integrated with DDB regarding that stuff.
Piecemeal purchasing will exclude a lot of purely optional, unintegrated extras that might still interest players and DMs if they wish to manually include them. An example of something not integrated with DDB are the optional rules for gameplay and optional tables like Favorite Con for the Criminal background or like Discovery for the Hermit background, but with the full source, you'll get to read all of those extras.
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
OK, thanks for that!
I notice there's actually quite a few "comped", "subscriber" and "bonus" in the order transactions. I don't know what any of them are but I assume they're from purchases?
“Comped” I’m not sure, although I have at least one of those. That might be the category they use for promotions like “buy a gift for someone in December and get these dice” and/or pre-order perks.
“Subscriber” would be items that you get through the monthly subscriber perks
”bonus” I’m nos sure either, unless that’s pre-order perks or something else
Trying to Decide if DDB is for you? A few helpful threads: A Buyer's Guide to DDB; What I/We Bought and Why; How some DMs use DDB; A Newer Thread on Using DDB to Play
Helpful threads on other topics: Homebrew FAQ by IamSposta; Accessing Content by ConalTheGreat;
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