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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 1942071" data-attributes="member: 2205">That's fine, since my wish that D&amp;D was a single book entity is extremely unlikely to occur for any edition of the game, of course it will be left as is.But you seem to be saying that all the material from all three books is essential to running a d20 version of D&amp;D, which is what I fundamentally disagree with.&nbsp; 1e is an important example, as is d20 Modern, because they show that there is no need for D&amp;D to have a three book core ruleset.&nbsp; If there's no need to have a three volume core ruleset, there could be a one volume core ruleset.&nbsp; If there could be a one volume core ruleset, I would prefer that to what we have today.That's what I'm saying, and either you've missed the point, or have gone off on a tangent, as it appears you're not really addressing any of my points except the last one after all, and that by saying, &quot;well I prefer the three volume ruleset.&quot;&nbsp; If that indeed is the entirety of your argument, then naturally I don't have any response to that other than to say that it must be great to be you and get what you want out of the game.&nbsp; Congratulations!If on the other hand, you're trying to say that I'm wrong, that d20 D&amp;D can't be reduced to a single rulebook, then you'd do better to not blow off my examples, as I think they tell a compelling story about what is necessary from a D&amp;D perspective as well as a d20 perspective.&nbsp; Just because D&amp;D 3e and even moreso 3.5 has undergone significant core rule bloat is no indication that it has to.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 1942071, member: 2205"] That's fine, since my wish that D&D was a single book entity is extremely unlikely to occur for any edition of the game, of course it will be left as is. But you seem to be saying that all the material from all three books is essential to running a d20 version of D&D, which is what I fundamentally disagree with. 1e is an important example, as is d20 Modern, because they show that there is no need for D&D to have a three book core ruleset. If there's no need to have a three volume core ruleset, there could be a one volume core ruleset. If there could be a one volume core ruleset, I would prefer that to what we have today. That's what I'm saying, and either you've missed the point, or have gone off on a tangent, as it appears you're not really addressing any of my points except the last one after all, and that by saying, "well I prefer the three volume ruleset." If that indeed is the entirety of your argument, then naturally I don't have any response to that other than to say that it must be great to be you and get what you want out of the game. Congratulations! If on the other hand, you're trying to say that I'm wrong, that d20 D&D [i]can't[/i] be reduced to a single rulebook, then you'd do better to not blow off my examples, as I think they tell a compelling story about what is [i]necessary[/i] from a D&D perspective as well as a d20 perspective. Just because D&D 3e and even moreso 3.5 has undergone significant core rule bloat is no indication that it has to. [/QUOTE]

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