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<blockquote data-quote="Vocenoctum" data-source="post: 3563718" data-attributes="member: 2477"><p>Could work, if the systems were short enough. I think the spells would need more cutting than anything though, and I can see losing a lot of flavor when the spell section is cut from 100 pages to 20 pages. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Monsters, you could just have 30-40 pages of basic monsters, losing all the formating and pictures as they are now. I don't like that way, since having to page flip is already a hassle, let alone when it's all in the same book.</p><p></p><p>But really, a lot of the suggestions about how to fit D&D into 1 book either change D&D in lots of ways (Sure, C&C fits, but if you have to trim so much from D&D to make it fit, why not just have C&C?) or basically amount to ditching higher level material in favor of later books.</p><p></p><p>"Do we want Beholders and Mind Flayers in the Core book?"</p><p>"Nyah, players won't encounter them for a bit, so we'll just put them in a later book."</p><p></p><p>Basically, a lot of it sounds more like the "introduction" book I mentioned earlier, and I'd rather see that as a different book rather than replacing the Big 3.</p><p></p><p>(Technically, you dont even need the MM anyway, if you run a world that's all humans, you just make all your opponents with the PHB!)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You have everything you need to play on a basic level, just like the Shadowrun 3rd edition rules I mentioned. Sure if you want to advance beyond a certain point you'll need different books, but you can play the basic stuff off the bat.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I've played quite a few Single Book games, and that's all well and fine in and of itself, but I always bought extra anyway, so it's meaningless for me. I think the idea that any of them truely are "single book" is a bit off. Except, maybe Hero, isn't that book like 900 pages and stops bullets?</p><p><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vocenoctum, post: 3563718, member: 2477"] Could work, if the systems were short enough. I think the spells would need more cutting than anything though, and I can see losing a lot of flavor when the spell section is cut from 100 pages to 20 pages. :) Monsters, you could just have 30-40 pages of basic monsters, losing all the formating and pictures as they are now. I don't like that way, since having to page flip is already a hassle, let alone when it's all in the same book. But really, a lot of the suggestions about how to fit D&D into 1 book either change D&D in lots of ways (Sure, C&C fits, but if you have to trim so much from D&D to make it fit, why not just have C&C?) or basically amount to ditching higher level material in favor of later books. "Do we want Beholders and Mind Flayers in the Core book?" "Nyah, players won't encounter them for a bit, so we'll just put them in a later book." Basically, a lot of it sounds more like the "introduction" book I mentioned earlier, and I'd rather see that as a different book rather than replacing the Big 3. (Technically, you dont even need the MM anyway, if you run a world that's all humans, you just make all your opponents with the PHB!) You have everything you need to play on a basic level, just like the Shadowrun 3rd edition rules I mentioned. Sure if you want to advance beyond a certain point you'll need different books, but you can play the basic stuff off the bat. I've played quite a few Single Book games, and that's all well and fine in and of itself, but I always bought extra anyway, so it's meaningless for me. I think the idea that any of them truely are "single book" is a bit off. Except, maybe Hero, isn't that book like 900 pages and stops bullets? :) [/QUOTE]
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