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<blockquote data-quote="DarkKestral" data-source="post: 3716751" data-attributes="member: 40100">I think that the number of basic rulebooks WAS kept to a small number. really, over all of 3.5, there were a total of 3 'core', and 7 books that could sort of replace the core. However, 5 of those were MMs, and are the books most likely to be copied out of before-game to avoid time spent referencing the material, and are meant to help &quot;Monster-of-the-week&quot; games. A&nbsp; normal buyer might have the 3 core plus another MM or two or maybe the PHB II or DMG II. Not bad. However, for a company interested in selling books to players, keeping down the number of rulebooks a player uses in-session is.. not something they can really control over the long term, if they want to stay in business. Even so, I'd say any given player is only likely to use 3-5 books maximum in-session, including the core three. However, several of them are probably mostly used out-of-game (item purchasing, other things not likely to come up in-session that often) and others would have simple things taken out of them that are easy to copy down. So, during playtime, I think it's a possibly valid statement for the majority of gamers. Just not for the type we see here...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DarkKestral, post: 3716751, member: 40100"] I think that the number of basic rulebooks WAS kept to a small number. really, over all of 3.5, there were a total of 3 'core', and 7 books that could sort of replace the core. However, 5 of those were MMs, and are the books most likely to be copied out of before-game to avoid time spent referencing the material, and are meant to help "Monster-of-the-week" games. A normal buyer might have the 3 core plus another MM or two or maybe the PHB II or DMG II. Not bad. However, for a company interested in selling books to players, keeping down the number of rulebooks a player uses in-session is.. not something they can really control over the long term, if they want to stay in business. Even so, I'd say any given player is only likely to use 3-5 books maximum in-session, including the core three. However, several of them are probably mostly used out-of-game (item purchasing, other things not likely to come up in-session that often) and others would have simple things taken out of them that are easy to copy down. So, during playtime, I think it's a possibly valid statement for the majority of gamers. Just not for the type we see here... [/QUOTE]

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