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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davelozzi" data-source="post: 1393816" data-attributes="member: 771">I like when my players buy a copy of the book, and will encourage it by offering to pick one up for anyone who's interested on one of my frequent game store runs, but I don't require it.Out of my seven players now:-2 (wizard & psion) have PHBs (3.0) and a splatbook or two each -2 (cleric & paladin) have PHBs (3.5)-1 (rogue) has no books but makes extensive use of the SRD -2 (both fighters) have nothing, and generally rely on me to tell them what changes occur when they level up.  One of these two is my wife, so technically she has access to anything should she care to check it.-And then I (the DM) have a huge library of game books, including a 3.5 PHB (which I use myself) and my old 3.0 PHB, which I leave out for other people to refer to during the gameThis works pretty well for me.  The spellcasters have 'em, which is good as they have to be familiar, or at least have ready access to their spells.  The rogue knows his stuff well enough through the SRD to be well versed in all the rules that relate to his character.  The fighters don't have books, but that's fine with me as so long as they have their attacks statted out, they're generally good to go.  The extra PHB is nice to have on hand for when stuff does come up.Generally, everyone who owns a book tries to bring it to the game, usually any one of them will happen to forget on a given session.</blockquote>