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<blockquote data-quote="A'koss" data-source="post: 1942474" data-attributes="member: 840">Personally, while I can see the merit in having it all in one book, I for one would not want players to have access to monster stats.Here's how I would do it:&nbsp;I would keep the core game in 3 books but I would prune them down considerably, make them more attractive and functional. They would be much less verbose / more concise in the language across the board. I certainly wouldn't be afraid to prune down spell lists if needbe. I would be very happy if I could get the PHB down to 175 pages or less, 150 or less for the DMG. I would also have tabs in every chapter for easier reference.&nbsp;The Monster Manual I would pay special attention to - it would be a physically smaller book (~7&quot;x10&quot;) with laminated pages and plastic 3 ring &quot;snap on&quot; edges that you could pull out and snap back into a 3 ring binder without actually having to open the binder to get the pages out. You see these in some types of sample books and they work like those snap in rulers you get in daytimers. One side has an illo of the monster to show the players, the other side, it's stats. Pull out the monsters you need for running your adventure and the laminate pages let them stand up to some abuse. Dragons could have nice accordian-fold stat sheets to accomodate their extra data.&nbsp;Cheers!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="A'koss, post: 1942474, member: 840"] Personally, while I can see the merit in having it all in one book, I for one would not want players to have access to monster stats. Here's how I would do it: I would keep the core game in 3 books but I would prune them down considerably, make them more attractive and functional. They would be much less verbose / more concise in the language across the board. I certainly wouldn't be afraid to prune down spell lists if needbe. I would be very happy if I could get the PHB down to 175 pages or less, 150 or less for the DMG. I would also have tabs in every chapter for easier reference. The Monster Manual I would pay special attention to - it would be a physically smaller book (~7"x10") with laminated pages and plastic 3 ring "snap on" edges that you could pull out and snap back into a 3 ring binder without actually having to open the binder to get the pages out. You see these in some types of sample books and they work like those snap in rulers you get in daytimers. One side has an illo of the monster to show the players, the other side, it's stats. Pull out the monsters you need for running your adventure and the laminate pages let them stand up to some abuse. Dragons could have nice accordian-fold stat sheets to accomodate their extra data. Cheers! [/QUOTE]

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