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<blockquote data-quote="Bagpuss" data-source="post: 3569669" data-attributes="member: 3987">For the DM, but then more expensive for players to own the book.Compare D&amp;D to other single book RPG's our group plays.D&amp;D everyone owns a PHB, every other game, only the DM owns the core book, occasionally a single player might buy the corebook too, if it is really cool, like L5R's.The expense of the large core book and the fact it has a lot of information players won't need put players off buying it.So it is actually more expensive for the majority of players and certainly leads to less sales for the company involved.Or more likely the increased cost will put players off buying the core book for themselves rather than a smaller players manual, that has just the information they need.Most DM's run at there own house so additional DMG and Monster Manual(s) don't have to travel, compare with players who would have to carry a single book three times as heavy of which they only use a small fraction (less than a 3rd) to the DM's house each week. This is more portable how?Most DM's complain about players that know too much about the monsters already, you now want to ensure every player has easy access to every detail on them?PHB is more portable, cheaper for players to get into the game. Contains only information they need to know so they are more likely to know the rules that are useful to them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bagpuss, post: 3569669, member: 3987"] For the DM, but then more expensive for players to own the book. Compare D&D to other single book RPG's our group plays. D&D everyone owns a PHB, every other game, only the DM owns the core book, occasionally a single player might buy the corebook too, if it is really cool, like L5R's. The expense of the large core book and the fact it has a lot of information players won't need put players off buying it. So it is actually more expensive for the majority of players and certainly leads to less sales for the company involved. Or more likely the increased cost will put players off buying the core book for themselves rather than a smaller players manual, that has just the information they need. Most DM's run at there own house so additional DMG and Monster Manual(s) don't have to travel, compare with players who would have to carry a single book three times as heavy of which they only use a small fraction (less than a 3rd) to the DM's house each week. This is more portable how? Most DM's complain about players that know too much about the monsters already, you now want to ensure every player has easy access to every detail on them? PHB is more portable, cheaper for players to get into the game. Contains only information they need to know so they are more likely to know the rules that are useful to them. [/QUOTE]

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