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Essentials line and Compendium, does this mean I can start over?
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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5246356" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>The only thing that bothers me about this is the sheer size of the Compendium. All of the 'core rules' of 4e can fit in about 40 pages of hardback. Even accounting for the smaller size of a paperback how could Compendium need to be 320 pages if this is all it contains? Its just too big. 'Fluff' books aside even all the mechanics in every other book in the game would be hard pressed to come to 320 pages unless this 'reference work' is VERY wordy. It seems like it almost has to contain a certain number of the 'enumerated elements' of the game (feats/powers/items/rituals/etc). It certainly is at the same time too small to contain player information (and it would be terribly redundant). I'm still quite unclear on what exactly is in this book! </p><p></p><p>More generally the OP could certainly get rid of his existing books. The question is will he regret it later? He's not going to find any of the existing class builds from PHB1&2 in Essentials. I'd guess they will not reappear anywhere ever again either in their current forms. </p><p></p><p>DMGs? Well, they are really as much advice and ideas and discussion of how the game is played as anything else. If you like them, keep them, they'll never 'go out of style' and the small amount of crunch they contain may get somewhat out of date but is still usable since most of it has to do with how you build your setting/encounters etc. and is really guidelines.</p><p></p><p>Personally I never dispose of D&D books. I've never sold or given away any of mine. Years later you suddenly find they're handy. Heck I still refer to 1e books from time-to-time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 5246356, member: 82106"] The only thing that bothers me about this is the sheer size of the Compendium. All of the 'core rules' of 4e can fit in about 40 pages of hardback. Even accounting for the smaller size of a paperback how could Compendium need to be 320 pages if this is all it contains? Its just too big. 'Fluff' books aside even all the mechanics in every other book in the game would be hard pressed to come to 320 pages unless this 'reference work' is VERY wordy. It seems like it almost has to contain a certain number of the 'enumerated elements' of the game (feats/powers/items/rituals/etc). It certainly is at the same time too small to contain player information (and it would be terribly redundant). I'm still quite unclear on what exactly is in this book! More generally the OP could certainly get rid of his existing books. The question is will he regret it later? He's not going to find any of the existing class builds from PHB1&2 in Essentials. I'd guess they will not reappear anywhere ever again either in their current forms. DMGs? Well, they are really as much advice and ideas and discussion of how the game is played as anything else. If you like them, keep them, they'll never 'go out of style' and the small amount of crunch they contain may get somewhat out of date but is still usable since most of it has to do with how you build your setting/encounters etc. and is really guidelines. Personally I never dispose of D&D books. I've never sold or given away any of mine. Years later you suddenly find they're handy. Heck I still refer to 1e books from time-to-time. [/QUOTE]
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