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<blockquote data-quote="EmbraCraig" data-source="post: 5902288" data-attributes="member: 6678377"><p>I'm split on opinion here - when I first picked up the 4E books, I struggled to get a handle on the world. I had played the 40k RPGs, and knew the background for that world, and found it easy to sit down and get into making a character.</p><p></p><p>When I first picked up 4E D&D, the lack of setting information really threw me - you get about 1 page of flavour/background on each of the races, and 1 page on each of the classes and... that's about your lot. I struggled to get a character idea in my head, because I had nothing to really ground it on. More flavour in the descriptions of things, rather than dry statblocks, might have helped me here, I don't know.</p><p></p><p>But now that I've been playing 4E for a good while, all I want is the information - I love the way monster stat blocks are done becuase they tell me what I need without clutter. I love the power cards that the character builder gives the players - if there's any doubt about how something works, they read out the card and it (nearly always) removes ambiguity.</p><p></p><p>So if there's a box to tick for flavourful main book descriptions with an easy to use, comprehensive summary using condensed stat blocks that I can reference at the table, then sign me up for that one <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EmbraCraig, post: 5902288, member: 6678377"] I'm split on opinion here - when I first picked up the 4E books, I struggled to get a handle on the world. I had played the 40k RPGs, and knew the background for that world, and found it easy to sit down and get into making a character. When I first picked up 4E D&D, the lack of setting information really threw me - you get about 1 page of flavour/background on each of the races, and 1 page on each of the classes and... that's about your lot. I struggled to get a character idea in my head, because I had nothing to really ground it on. More flavour in the descriptions of things, rather than dry statblocks, might have helped me here, I don't know. But now that I've been playing 4E for a good while, all I want is the information - I love the way monster stat blocks are done becuase they tell me what I need without clutter. I love the power cards that the character builder gives the players - if there's any doubt about how something works, they read out the card and it (nearly always) removes ambiguity. So if there's a box to tick for flavourful main book descriptions with an easy to use, comprehensive summary using condensed stat blocks that I can reference at the table, then sign me up for that one :p [/QUOTE]
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