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<blockquote data-quote="Olaf the Stout" data-source="post: 4652912" data-attributes="member: 13703">I know I'm stating the obvious here and it wasn't exactly something I didn't already know, but D&amp;D sure does have a lot of rules!I had a situation last session where this really became apparent to me.&nbsp; I was running a combat in my 3.5E Shackled City campaign with the the PC's fighting a Fiendish Umber Hulk.&nbsp; I had the following books open.The SCAP Hardcover open to 2 sections, one page to get the Umber Hulk's stats, and another to see it's tactics.The MM open in 2 sections, one page to the Umber Hulk page to get the full description of it's Confusion ability, the other page to the fiendish description to make sure that the template didn't affect the Confusion save DC.The PHB open to the Confusion spell description.The DMG open to the page with rules about dealing with crowds.The Rules Compendium open to the rules about dealing with gaze attacks.So that was 5 books open to a total of 7 pages, just for a single encounter versus a single monster!&nbsp; And none of the books were splatbooks either.&nbsp; Sure, I had the Rules Compendium open, but if I didn't I would have just had the DMG open to another section to look up the gaze attacks rules.I think I also had to have a quick double check of a another page in the Rules Compendium to see what sort of action using the Confusion ability what the rules around that were.&nbsp; That was me double checking something I already knew, just to make sure though.Anyone else have a similar or worse experience?I know it's not something exactly unique.&nbsp; I just found it amusing as I don't think I've ever had so many books open to so many different pages before.&nbsp; Most of the times it is just the SCAP hardcover I have open with the MM to look up a monster or the PHB to look up a spell.&nbsp; This was just a bit of an extreme case.Olaf the Stout</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Olaf the Stout, post: 4652912, member: 13703"] I know I'm stating the obvious here and it wasn't exactly something I didn't already know, but D&D sure does have a lot of rules! I had a situation last session where this really became apparent to me. I was running a combat in my 3.5E Shackled City campaign with the the PC's fighting a Fiendish Umber Hulk. I had the following books open. The SCAP Hardcover open to 2 sections, one page to get the Umber Hulk's stats, and another to see it's tactics. The MM open in 2 sections, one page to the Umber Hulk page to get the full description of it's [I]Confusion[/I] ability, the other page to the fiendish description to make sure that the template didn't affect the [I]Confusion[/I] save DC. The PHB open to the [I]Confusion[/I] spell description. The DMG open to the page with rules about dealing with crowds. The Rules Compendium open to the rules about dealing with gaze attacks. So that was 5 books open to a total of 7 pages, just for a single encounter versus a single monster! And none of the books were splatbooks either. Sure, I had the Rules Compendium open, but if I didn't I would have just had the DMG open to another section to look up the gaze attacks rules. I think I also had to have a quick double check of a another page in the Rules Compendium to see what sort of action using the [I]Confusion[/I] ability what the rules around that were. That was me double checking something I already knew, just to make sure though. Anyone else have a similar or worse experience? I know it's not something exactly unique. I just found it amusing as I don't think I've ever had so many books open to so many different pages before. Most of the times it is just the SCAP hardcover I have open with the MM to look up a monster or the PHB to look up a spell. This was just a bit of an extreme case. Olaf the Stout [/QUOTE]

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