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<blockquote data-quote="TornadoCreator" data-source="post: 6627265" data-attributes="member: 6672078">3 out of 5 rating for D&amp;D 5th Edition Player's HandbookThis book is a mixed bag. The game is pretty good, perhaps a little overly simplified at times and with a few gameplay issue depending on individual style; but it's easily modified with house rules. Far more fluid and supporting of actual roleplaying than 4e, and more balanced and focused than 3e. This is probably the best version of the game I've seen yet. That said there are some issues. From a book perspective, this book is a little disappointing. The binding feeks weak, so I worry pages may fall out after extended use; and the book smells odd, like an old moldy scratch-and-sniff card. The flavour text inside is also terrible. By trying to set the scene and filling every page with cinematic crap, the book actually fails to adequately describe what the races and classes actually are. A complete newbie to dungeons and dragons, and/or fantasy RPGs in general, would likely lack the background knowledge to be able to visualise these classes and races interacting properly because they're so poorly described. The artwork is generally good, though some pictures look a little goofy. So, in short, it's a good game, but an unfortunately badly written book that doesn't feel as high quality as it should. Perhaps my copy is from a bad batch. Still, it was worth picking up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TornadoCreator, post: 6627265, member: 6672078"] [b]3 out of 5 rating for D&D 5th Edition Player's Handbook[/b] This book is a mixed bag. The game is pretty good, perhaps a little overly simplified at times and with a few gameplay issue depending on individual style; but it's easily modified with house rules. Far more fluid and supporting of actual roleplaying than 4e, and more balanced and focused than 3e. This is probably the best version of the game I've seen yet. That said there are some issues. From a book perspective, this book is a little disappointing. The binding feeks weak, so I worry pages may fall out after extended use; and the book smells odd, like an old moldy scratch-and-sniff card. The flavour text inside is also terrible. By trying to set the scene and filling every page with cinematic crap, the book actually fails to adequately describe what the races and classes actually are. A complete newbie to dungeons and dragons, and/or fantasy RPGs in general, would likely lack the background knowledge to be able to visualise these classes and races interacting properly because they're so poorly described. The artwork is generally good, though some pictures look a little goofy. So, in short, it's a good game, but an unfortunately badly written book that doesn't feel as high quality as it should. Perhaps my copy is from a bad batch. Still, it was worth picking up. [/QUOTE]

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