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<blockquote data-quote="ccs" data-source="post: 8056924" data-attributes="member: 6803664"><p>Yeah, about that.... </p><p>You're notion of how this "should" work isn't practical. On numerous lvs. </p><p><strong>1st: </strong> See, I'm a DM on Thur. And a Player on Sunday. </p><p>Please explain to me how I'm supposed to do my job on Thur if, as I'm a player on another day I should restrict myself to reading only the PHB.</p><p>Further, please explain why I should forgo enjoying only one or the other aspects - DMing/playing a PC - of this hobby.</p><p><strong>2nd:</strong> If the PHB is the only book I should be reading as a player.... I'm concerned that this will make it very hard to access PC info from Sword Coast/Xanathars/Mordikanians/Volos/Eberron/Wildemont/any of the MTG books....</p><p><strong>3rd:</strong> In fact not reading anything but the player specific stuff in the Eberron/Wildemont/any of the MTG books would also make it VERY difficult to enjoy playing in any of those settings. Besides, if I'm parting with $50 bucks for a book? I'm reading the whole damned thing. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, as I said, plenty of us are both DMs & players. Different days or alternating campaigns. And even if I was only a player? Once I've run into a monster I can deduce it's stats in play. That knowledge doesn't erase itself between encounters or between campaigns.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ccs, post: 8056924, member: 6803664"] Yeah, about that.... You're notion of how this "should" work isn't practical. On numerous lvs. [B]1st: [/B] See, I'm a DM on Thur. And a Player on Sunday. Please explain to me how I'm supposed to do my job on Thur if, as I'm a player on another day I should restrict myself to reading only the PHB. Further, please explain why I should forgo enjoying only one or the other aspects - DMing/playing a PC - of this hobby. [B]2nd:[/B] If the PHB is the only book I should be reading as a player.... I'm concerned that this will make it very hard to access PC info from Sword Coast/Xanathars/Mordikanians/Volos/Eberron/Wildemont/any of the MTG books.... [B]3rd:[/B] In fact not reading anything but the player specific stuff in the Eberron/Wildemont/any of the MTG books would also make it VERY difficult to enjoy playing in any of those settings. Besides, if I'm parting with $50 bucks for a book? I'm reading the whole damned thing. Well, as I said, plenty of us are both DMs & players. Different days or alternating campaigns. And even if I was only a player? Once I've run into a monster I can deduce it's stats in play. That knowledge doesn't erase itself between encounters or between campaigns. [/QUOTE]
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