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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 3798888" data-attributes="member: 710">You are aware that approximately half (or more?*) of the PHB 3.0 and PHB 3.5 were devoted to the spell list? A lot of room was also devoted to class descriptions, skills and feats.The real basic rules are the Combat Chapter and a part of the Magic chapter.Knowing all spells is pretty hard in 3.x, and not at all uncomplex. But understanding the basics is pretty simple (slots, saving throw DCs, Spell Resistance) and done in a lot less pages. You only need a 20 line paragraph on a spell if you want to cast it. If we use the military example above: Think of it as a text about how to shoot a rifle, containing also accurate technical descriptions (including illustrations) of each currently employed NATO pistol, rifle, assault rifle, machine gun and rocket launcher, and the various ammunition employed and additional devices available for them (silencers, scopes, bayonets, magazines)... You don't need to know that the G3 is blow-back operated or the standard G36 magazines can be &quot;clipped&quot; together to learn how to shoot with a rifle in general. But the information about these weapons might be useful if you ever hold one of them. But then, you probably need only the information about the one you want to actually use.*) ah, when I get home, i better look this up. I could be seriously off, but I know that a lot of pages are devoted to spells, because when I look for one, I keep flipping and flipping to get the right one, even if I am in the correct &quot;alphabetic space&quot; ... <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 3798888, member: 710"] You are aware that approximately half (or more?*) of the PHB 3.0 and PHB 3.5 were devoted to the spell list? A lot of room was also devoted to class descriptions, skills and feats. The real basic rules are the Combat Chapter and a part of the Magic chapter. Knowing all spells is pretty hard in 3.x, and not at all uncomplex. But understanding the basics is pretty simple (slots, saving throw DCs, Spell Resistance) and done in a lot less pages. You only need a 20 line paragraph on a spell if you want to cast it. If we use the military example above: Think of it as a text about how to shoot a rifle, containing also accurate technical descriptions (including illustrations) of each currently employed NATO pistol, rifle, assault rifle, machine gun and rocket launcher, and the various ammunition employed and additional devices available for them (silencers, scopes, bayonets, magazines)... You don't need to know that the G3 is blow-back operated or the standard G36 magazines can be "clipped" together to learn how to shoot with a rifle in general. But the information about these weapons might be useful if you ever hold one of them. But then, you probably need only the information about the one you want to actually use. *) ah, when I get home, i better look this up. I could be seriously off, but I know that a lot of pages are devoted to spells, because when I look for one, I keep flipping and flipping to get the right one, even if I am in the correct "alphabetic space" ... :) [/QUOTE]

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