Do you Read all the books?

Do you (Or have you) read all of the PHB and DMG front to back?

  • I read the whole thing, and I enjoy it. (You sick people!)

    Votes: 110 46.2%
  • I will read the whole thing, but only becuase they are the rules. (Cheers!)

    Votes: 39 16.4%
  • I don't really (Or just haven't yet) read all of it, but would like to. (Sicker yet.)

    Votes: 42 17.6%
  • I don't read the whole thing, and wouldn't really care to.(If you mark this, you get a smiley face.)

    Votes: 60 25.2%

Guess I get a smiley face then. :) Haven't read either of them cover to cover, and only really use them if I can't figure out something that's written in the SRD. Did I miss anything? :)

Pinotage
 

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You don't think your comments might skew the results of this poll somewhat, make this something of a leading question?


glass.
 
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Absolutely yes, books deserved to be read at least once from first to last page.

Memorize = never bother to. What really should be remembered will stick to people's mind after the second time they look it up, and memorizing the rest is a waste of time.
 


I answered the first two.

Depends on the book. Something like Redhurst Academy of Magic I can read with no problem. Something like the Dungeon Master's Guide has a few rough spots but is pretty easy.
 

I don't read all the core rulebooks cover to cover, but by dipping in at various times I do end up reading all the content usually as I need it or hopefull in advance of needing to know it when I GM.

Books I'm reviewing or Adventures I read cover to cover.

I think the questions are leading and could have been clearer with another couple of options available.
 

I don't mean to sound condescending when I say this, so if it comes out that way I apologize: Part of a well-rounded education is being able to fully absorb and comprehend material that is not entertaining to read, especially when you reap benefits from it. Whether I enjoy it or not, it profits me, as a GM, to know all the rules, so it's important to read the rules when I get the chance. I love reading in general, so even dry material is more an annoyance than a real stumbling block. If I have read and comprehended the driest of college textbooks, the PHB and DMG are walks in the park.

I've read every rule book I own cover to cover, and even though I may not recall every rule inside, it was still profitable to get the overview of the rules I was playing by.
 

I've read both cover to cover. I don't know that I really enjoyed it, but then again, I never really enjoyed reading any rulebook. However, I didn't hate reading them either.

Kane
 


I *do* read every book I intend to use heavily from cover to cover.

But, for most books, I flip through them first, looking for what interests me, and decide how / when I'm going to read it based on my first dig.

For example, I ws just going through Gnomes & Kobolds of Tellene yesterday - and knew that there was little in the book I'd be using in my games (as I don't even have gnomes in my core campaign, and have never played a game in the setting of this book), so I was specifically searching for material I could convert to my own setting. In this case, it's a flip through the book situation instead of a true reading.

However, I've read every book I have for the campaign settings I do run - Oathbound, FR, and Arcanis to be specific. You learn a lot about the game by doing this - it's impressive how just reading through the spells in a book can give you new ideas for running bad guys or good guys or whatever.
 

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