As long as it's not 5.5...
I gave up and bought reading glasses a couple years ago. The biggest use for them is at the gaming table, whether board or RPG. So, I'd go for a larger font, but not at the cost of the same page count for future books.
I also got back into painting miniatures, recently (stupid Gloomhaven and CMON). I've got one of those standing magnifying glasses with the alligator clips for holding stuff, but I also wear my glasses. I'm about to get a big swivel-arm magnifier with the ring of LEDs around the underneath. I'm having a hard time with getting stereoscopic vision through that tiny lens.Unfortunately I think my glasses will soon have to look something like the following.
I also got back into painting miniatures, recently (stupid Gloomhaven and CMON). I've got one of those standing magnifying glasses with the alligator clips for holding stuff, but I also wear my glasses. I'm about to get a big swivel-arm magnifier with the ring of LEDs around the underneath. I'm having a hard time with getting stereoscopic vision through that tiny lens.
I say this because I almost got jewelers' glasses like what you posted, but it sounds like the effective range is about 3 inches, which sucks.
If they're doing revised versions of all three, then my wish list is slightly longer...
PHB: As noted, a better index. Oh, and incorporate the errata, of course.
DMG: This is the book that could do with the most work, IMO. I'm not asking for any rules changes, but there are quite a few of the systems (notably creating monsters) that would really benefit from a rewrite for clarity.
MM: Nope, pretty happy with this one. Of course, the errata would need applied. Otherwise, if I were to buy the new PHB and DMG, I'd buy a new MM as well to complete the set.
If all these new books have is a new cover (and perhaps new interior art), then I'm afraid I'm not interested - it's too much money to not get a more useful product.
The newest printings of all three books already include all the errata. Do you think they are going to go back and use the first printings for these?
The D&D edition with the best index is 13th Age, which combines the index with a glossary.I really hate looking something up in the index, only to be told to look at something else in the index when they could have just put the page number with the first thing I looked at.
On a livestream yesterday they said that these alternate covers are coming out this holiday and are a product of their relationship with the artist that did the Volos Guide special edition hard cover.