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<blockquote data-quote="drothgery" data-source="post: 3562938" data-attributes="member: 360">I think I'd come down in favor of 1 book.How to get there?From the PHB- shrink the core class section; only include cleric, fighter, rogue, noble, and wizard (leave others for expansions)- shrink the skill list by consolidating it substantially- cut the spell list without mercy (spells are over 120 pages in the 3.5 PHB)From the DMG- cut out most of the 'fluff'- consolidate adept, aristocrat, commoner, expert, and warrior into a single NPC class- cut the PrC list to 3-5 PrCs, mostly to demonstrate the concept (because WotC wants to sell expansions)- cut the magic item section without mercy (magic items are about 70 pages in the DMG); eliminate artifacts, specific weapons/armors or most modifiers, tables for wands and scrolls, consolidate staves into wands, eliminate rods, elminate about 3/4 of wonderous items as stuff PCs never useFrom the MM- only include a small section of common and/or iconic monsters; a few monstrous humanoids, a few giants, a few dragons, some fiends, some celestials, some fey, some undead, and some of the iconic weird stuff (mind flayers, beholders, etc.) and guidelines for scaling them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="drothgery, post: 3562938, member: 360"] I think I'd come down in favor of 1 book. How to get there? From the PHB - shrink the core class section; only include cleric, fighter, rogue, noble, and wizard (leave others for expansions) - shrink the skill list by consolidating it substantially - cut the spell list without mercy (spells are over 120 pages in the 3.5 PHB) From the DMG - cut out most of the 'fluff' - consolidate adept, aristocrat, commoner, expert, and warrior into a single NPC class - cut the PrC list to 3-5 PrCs, mostly to demonstrate the concept (because WotC wants to sell expansions) - cut the magic item section without mercy (magic items are about 70 pages in the DMG); eliminate artifacts, specific weapons/armors or most modifiers, tables for wands and scrolls, consolidate staves into wands, eliminate rods, elminate about 3/4 of wonderous items as stuff PCs never use From the MM - only include a small section of common and/or iconic monsters; a few monstrous humanoids, a few giants, a few dragons, some fiends, some celestials, some fey, some undead, and some of the iconic weird stuff (mind flayers, beholders, etc.) and guidelines for scaling them. [/QUOTE]

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