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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Doc_Klueless" data-source="post: 5072702" data-attributes="member: 261">Not that I noticed, no. Books would be very handy for that, indeed. But (and here's where it really goes into how I want to play and isn't necessarily applicable to anyone else) as a player, I don't wanna know that stuff. I want to explore the DMs world, see what's up his sleave and be, hopefully, pleasantly surprised by all the new awesomeness that he's bringing to the table. As a DM, I don't use that stuff. I have my homebrew that I've been using for (hmm, let me count) 22 years (Ack, I'm gettin' old). I know that setting in and out. I add stuff from fiction and non-fiction books I've read and not game books because I want to throw stuff at the party that the players probably haven't read about so they can experience the same degree of wonder that I do when I'm a player in their games.The D&D4e books have wonderful fluff which I've mentioned in another thread somewhere. I just don't use it to game. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/blush.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":blush:" title="Blush    :blush:" data-shortname=":blush:" />Back to your point, I absolutely agree that the books can be very helpful for not only their crunch but for their fluff. Especially for the beginning player and DM but not excluding the more experienced player/DM who might also find it useful.DDI, however, has reduced my need for the books synergistically by taking all the crunch and putting it in an easily usable format and tool AND removing fluff I don't use anyway. Does that make sense?</blockquote>

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