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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 8823684" data-attributes="member: 6796661">A perennially contentious issue. I've bought a lot of Frog God Games material and they are notorious for bloating their books with large amounts of world building fluff. It can make it difficult to prep and very hard to just sit down and play hoping you can just read ahead enough to keep ahead of the players. I understand why a lot of DMs hate these books.&nbsp; But they also have a hard core fan base.&nbsp; I like them because of the mix of lonely fun with the at-table gaming.&nbsp; I like reading through all the back ground content, time lines, etc. The players may never learn or engage with a lot of the content, but I still enjoyed my time reading it. Also, while I'm not going to remember every detail, it helps me get into and flavor the world.But I do wish the organization was better. Perhaps divide the core adventure content in one section, written and designed with a minimalist, easy to run at the table approach. Put the fluff in another section for those who enjoy it with liberal cross references between the two sections. I realize I'm in the minority here.&nbsp; My favorite books for 5e have been Volo's and Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes.&nbsp; But these are now &quot;legacy content&quot; and we have a Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse.&nbsp; An arguably more easy to use, but also much more boring collection of stat blocks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 8823684, member: 6796661"] A perennially contentious issue. I've bought a lot of Frog God Games material and they are notorious for bloating their books with large amounts of world building fluff. It can make it difficult to prep and very hard to just sit down and play hoping you can just read ahead enough to keep ahead of the players. I understand why a lot of DMs hate these books. But they also have a hard core fan base. I like them because of the mix of lonely fun with the at-table gaming. I like reading through all the back ground content, time lines, etc. The players may never learn or engage with a lot of the content, but I still enjoyed my time reading it. Also, while I'm not going to remember every detail, it helps me get into and flavor the world. But I do wish the organization was better. Perhaps divide the core adventure content in one section, written and designed with a minimalist, easy to run at the table approach. Put the fluff in another section for those who enjoy it with liberal cross references between the two sections. I realize I'm in the minority here. My favorite books for 5e have been Volo's and Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes. But these are now "legacy content" and we have a Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse. An arguably more easy to use, but also much more boring collection of stat blocks. [/QUOTE]

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