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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3782427" data-attributes="member: 22779">There is a danger in including too much role play information in the PHB and that is you sometimes start to define people's campaigns rather than simply providing examples.&nbsp; If you mention, for example, &quot;elves don't like dwarves&quot;, that's defining a campaign element.&nbsp; Players can rightly ask, &quot;Why don't elves like dwarves?&quot;&nbsp; And the DM is pretty much forced to design his campaign to that end.If you state that paladins look a certain way, say European crusader archetypes, then you get DM's and players who cannot move beyond that example and all paladins MUST be guys in heavy armor.There's a very, very fine line between giving examples and dictating How the Game Shall Be Played!&nbsp; The 3e PHB actually contains a fair bit of flavour text for each race and class.&nbsp; Someone mentioned that there's only about a page and that's not true.&nbsp; Each class has a fairly large section devoted to flavour.&nbsp; But, as DannyAlcatraz mentioned, no one ever reads it and it gets forgotten about.I'd prefer to keep rp considerations out of rule books.&nbsp; If it doesn't have a mechanical effect, then, put it somewhere else.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 3782427, member: 22779"] There is a danger in including too much role play information in the PHB and that is you sometimes start to define people's campaigns rather than simply providing examples. If you mention, for example, "elves don't like dwarves", that's defining a campaign element. Players can rightly ask, "Why don't elves like dwarves?" And the DM is pretty much forced to design his campaign to that end. If you state that paladins look a certain way, say European crusader archetypes, then you get DM's and players who cannot move beyond that example and all paladins MUST be guys in heavy armor. There's a very, very fine line between giving examples and dictating How the Game Shall Be Played! The 3e PHB actually contains a fair bit of flavour text for each race and class. Someone mentioned that there's only about a page and that's not true. Each class has a fairly large section devoted to flavour. But, as DannyAlcatraz mentioned, no one ever reads it and it gets forgotten about. I'd prefer to keep rp considerations out of rule books. If it doesn't have a mechanical effect, then, put it somewhere else. [/QUOTE]

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