Do You Write In Or Modify Your Game Manuals?

[TarionzCousin]

My original AD&D PHB fell out of my dad's truck one day as he was driving me home from junior high school.

It has a tire-track across the front cover/next white page.

Does that count?

 

[Zhaleskra]

Sometimes, and it's mostly to either edit unedited text at the author's "Oh, that shouldn't still be there" or to say things like "there's no excuse not to have a 10s place d10" where the book mentions using two different colored d10s for percentile rolls.

I always highlight important information, or sometimes just text that fits the MST3K mantra by saying things like "relax, it's just a game." I especially did that with the "others die" line in my 3.x PHBs.

 

[billd91]

I write in things like corrections from time to time, but I'm not really very methodical about it and how completely I do it. I should be more complete than I am. I get tired of pulling out errata sheets and double-looking things up. Trouble is, I find the slicker papers with lots of graphics harder to write on with clarity than the old 1e book paper.

I also always try to put my name in the books. We have a few players with good libraries at the table and books tend to fly around for the others to reference. Names in books helps us keep track of whose is whose at the end of the session.

What I don't do is use highlighter any more. I did that for some modules - pink for monsters, green for treasure, blue for allies, yellow for traps or some such color coding. Got too messy in the end.

 

[Noumenon]

I don't write in any of my books, not even my name. I wouldn't even dare put a pencil mark in it. I don't know why, I just treat all of my belongings like this. I take very good care of everything I own.

Yeah, I'm totally the opposite of that. My toaster is marked in sharpie with the right settings for English muffin, pop tart, and bagel. My fridge has a list on it that tells me how long it takes to preheat the oven for bread. My printer paper tray says "Print side DOWN." My attitude is, I own it, it needs to be useful to me.

 

[Mircoles]

I highlite like it's going out of style. I use a yellow and a blue highliter that I sometimes mix to make green.

 

[Cor_Malek]

Hehe, I had a good laugh. I wanted just to skim through posts, and got a strange selection of first lines:

I stole all my D&D books (...)

My original AD&D PHB fell out of (my dad's*) truck

At this point I was like: what is that, a roleplaying wise-guys forum? It was only my selective reading, but the image stuck

BTW, imagine a cheesy gangstorama RP-session:
-Hey Mikey, you checked that door for traps?
-Forget about it!
-'S that a yes or a no, Mike?
-Relax, I rolled 15, bada bing, bada boom!
-Well I unsheathe my vorpal sword anyways
-Where the hell did you get that piece from?
-It fell of a cart, all'right? What the F. do you care? I open the door.
-Right, now all of you's roll initiative.


*missed that word first time around

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

BTW, imagine a cheesy gangstorama RP-session:
-Hey Mikey, you checked that door for traps?
-Forget about it!
-'S that a yes or a no, Mike?
-Relax, I rolled 15, bada bing, bada boom!
-Well I unsheathe my vorpal sword anyways
-Where the hell did you get that piece from?
-It fell of a cart, all'right? What the F. do you care? I open the door.
-Right, now all of you's roll initiative.

Just when I got out, dey pull me back in!!!

Well, maybies youse should introduce 'em to your lil vorpal friend?

(...and later, as they have their cousin the solicitor try to justify their actions to the local magistrate)

Y'honor, da two yoots...

 

[Evilhalfling]

Are you suggesting we roleplay while roleplaying?

I have edited my books from day 1.
and illustrated them. (I was 9)

My 1st ed books are kind of embaressing - due to bad coloring of all black and white artwork, and the dragons hand-drawn on the inside of the covers.

My 4e books have minor errata written in. If its a whole new paragaph (like stealth rules) I just tape printed sheets inside the cover.

 

[karlindel]

I never write anything in my books, not even my name. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one, as many of my friends think it's a bit odd.

I prefer for my books to be as pristine as possible. Paperback novels that I own do not have creases in the spine unless I bought them that way or loaned them to a friend. I also never marked any of my textbooks when I was in school.

 

[Jhaelen]

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one, as many of my friends think it's a bit odd.

Well, it is odd - but you're not the only odd person in the world