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#1 Buddydutch Oct 19, 2014 3:18:25	Hi !! Atm Iam playing my first dnd game ; 5e starter set .. Iam DM.   I just wonder what the next steps are, after we finish our starter set story. I know reading/adapting the basic rules (wich have a bit more depth too it) is a first step. But Iam unclear about buying stories (should I call them adventures?). What, becides the story book, do I need too run that story ?   And what will happen when the 3 core books are out.. Am I 'forced' too own the 3 books if I wanna run any official released stories? Or are the 3 books for creating your own stories? (This question mainly looks at the monster manual and dungeon master guide books)   I guess the main question is : Can I buy official books, now and in the future,  with only the basic rules and play them ? As DM and as PC.   Thanks a bunch, Budd
#2 Novacat Oct 19, 2014 6:16:45	You could, if you want, just buy the adventures and run those, but for the fullest D&D experience, I recommend you get the Player's Handbook and Monster Manual, and create your own stories.   You will be terrible at first, but don't worry! Everyone's awful their first time. But you'll learn, and you'll grow.
#3 Ath-kethin Oct 19, 2014 7:05:31	In theory, you can run any and all of the official published adventures using only the free basic rules PDFs available from this website. You don't need to buy anything at all. However, I second Novacat's statement above; it's more fun to create your own stories and adventures, and for that the three core rulebooks will be helpful. Still not necessary - all the rules you need to play the game are in the free PDFs - but helpful.
#4 Buddydutch Oct 19, 2014 7:35:04	Alright, ill first get some experience running official adventures.. then ill decide what too do next   Thanks guys
#5 paulstrait Oct 19, 2014 11:43:32	Check out this blog.  I think the author is a poster around here.  It does a pretty good job of speculating how you could expand various points in the starter set into further plots that the character could follow up on.    You also could get the Hoard of the Dragon Queen, and run it as written -- it takes place on the Sword Coast like the Starter Set does, and one of its scenarios takes place in the Mere of Dead Men which is right next to Phandalin.  Or you could modify it slightly--perhaps Phandalin is the town in the first chapter attacked by a dragon.  Or you could just take a scenario out and run it by itself.   As the DM, you can do whatever you want.  You don't need to feel like you have to run something by the book.   By the way, two of the three core books (the player's handbook and the monster manual) are out.  You don't need them -- there are a lot of monsters in the free core rules.  They will be helpful though, particularly the monster manual, if you come up with you own scenarios.  Ask your players where their characters want to go or do next.  If you aren't sure how to deal with it, post in the DM forum and lots of helpful people will be there with ideas.
#6 Grazel Oct 19, 2014 18:33:24	Buddydutch wrote:
#7 Buddydutch Oct 20, 2014 2:41:56	Alright! I'll inform my friends about the Player handbook, and I will probally stick too basic rules and official stories for the time being. After getting enough expierence as DM, ill look into breaking free from the adventure books, sounds hard but also al lot of fun!  Anyway, Thanks for info!!!