I have cancelled most of my Shard Tabletop subscriptions for Kobold Press books, since I could not justify paying over $30 per month to have that much stuff I never use. It's hard to justify spending that much money just to create ToV characters, and the "paid model" of the game is the worst part about 5E. It's like a "book a month" subscription plan. It was fun to have it all, but ultimately a waste to spend money on. I will pick up a book here and there and rebuild slowly.
5E is a fatally flawed system since it requires too much backend support for character creation. The game was designed around a constant paid-support model, and it shows. Wizards made it this way, and it is an exploitative system designed to get you paying money for convenience. I can play OSR games and run the character sheets by hand. Even GURPS has free (with supporter tips) and excellent pay-once options.
I will create them by hand, thank you. I will suffer.
I remember the days before computers when you did not need corporate web support and always-online character creation tools. In some ways, the hobby has taken a turn for the worse. This is why people play TSR-era games and not Wizards-era games.
I still love ToV and support the game, but 5E is a system with root-level problems.
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