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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 9358002" data-attributes="member: 22779">To me, so much of the good is buried under so much cruft that, no, I would consider the 5e DMG to be probably one of the worst D&amp;D DMG's.&nbsp; (With the 1e DMG taking top spot simply because it is written so incredibly badly - while there is a mountain of nuggets to mine out of the hills, the effort just isn't worth it)&nbsp; The 3e DMG is great for outlining the method, but, again, it's so dry that it's practically dusty.&nbsp; It really is slog to sit down and read.&nbsp; To me, the gold standard for a DMG really is the 4e DMG.&nbsp; However, the 4e DMG is written with such an authoritative voice that it's really off putting.&nbsp; I get why people don't like it.But take the 4e DMG - how it's organized and most of the advice that it offers, change the tone to make it far more conversational and make it explicitly clear that this is but one of several possible methods, and you'd have a very, very good DMG.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 9358002, member: 22779"] To me, so much of the good is buried under so much cruft that, no, I would consider the 5e DMG to be probably one of the worst D&D DMG's. (With the 1e DMG taking top spot simply because it is written so incredibly badly - while there is a mountain of nuggets to mine out of the hills, the effort just isn't worth it) The 3e DMG is great for outlining the method, but, again, it's so dry that it's practically dusty. It really is slog to sit down and read. To me, the gold standard for a DMG really is the 4e DMG. However, the 4e DMG is written with such an authoritative voice that it's really off putting. I get why people don't like it. But take the 4e DMG - how it's organized and most of the advice that it offers, change the tone to make it far more conversational and make it explicitly clear that this is but one of several possible methods, and you'd have a very, very good DMG. [/QUOTE]

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