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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 1763234" data-attributes="member: 177">I think this one falls into the category of &quot;what is best for the new user isnot necessarily best for the old user&quot;.&nbsp; Sure, you and I know enough that the repetition is silly.&nbsp; But for a new user, there is some sense to it.&nbsp; It makes the book more useable for the new player (who, honestly, is unlikely to read the book cover to cover, and will likely miss relevant text if you put it soewhere else).&nbsp; Wihle clearly getting new players isn't the main focus of the book as written, that doesn't mean some bits of it shouldn't be designed with them in mind.As above - you and I don't need it.&nbsp; The newbie might.&nbsp; While Eberron's way of dealing with it seems more artful, it also doesn't contain as much information.&nbsp; Eberron also expects you to have the PHB, so it can skimp a little bit where the PHB itself probably shouldn't.&nbsp;One man's clear and consice is another's incomprehensible nonsense without context or explanation <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=":)" />&nbsp; They've already improved some from 3e to 3.5e, so I expect the trend will continue.Yes, tabbing would be good.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 1763234, member: 177"] I think this one falls into the category of "what is best for the new user isnot necessarily best for the old user". Sure, you and I know enough that the repetition is silly. But for a new user, there is some sense to it. It makes the book more useable for the new player (who, honestly, is unlikely to read the book cover to cover, and will likely miss relevant text if you put it soewhere else). Wihle clearly getting new players isn't the main focus of the book as written, that doesn't mean some bits of it shouldn't be designed with them in mind. As above - you and I don't need it. The newbie might. While Eberron's way of dealing with it seems more artful, it also doesn't contain as much information. Eberron also expects you to have the PHB, so it can skimp a little bit where the PHB itself probably shouldn't. One man's clear and consice is another's incomprehensible nonsense without context or explanation :) They've already improved some from 3e to 3.5e, so I expect the trend will continue. Yes, tabbing would be good. [/QUOTE]

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