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Message: <blockquote data-quote="loki44" data-source="post: 2607718" data-attributes="member: 16276"><p>As a player who's also new to 3.5 I can sympathize with the guy.  I've only played in two 3.5 sessions so far, after joining in with a very experienced group that has been playing together for a long time, and I can tell you that there is a large learning curve when it comes to the nuts and bolts of the rules.  I own my own PHB, but I just don't have a lot of time to absorb it out of game.  It's also hard for me to retain the information until I actually put it to use during the game.  How many sessions has he played?  Like I said, I've only played twice and I think I had my nose out of the books a bit more the second time.  I imagine the need to do that will decrease over time as I get more familiar with the rules and what my character can do.  I'm also fortunate to have a supportive group that's willing to help me along.  Another thing.....what class is he playing?  I rather stupidly joined this game at 13th level with a druid.  Between the wild shape ability, summon nature's ally, and other spells I doomed myself to a tougher learning curve than I might've otherwise with a simpler class.  I even ditched my animal companion last session because it seemed like it would be more of a burden than anything else.  Each time I play I'm learning a liitle bit more in terms of what I need to do to be better prepared for the next game.  So, I guess all that just to say, have a little patience and maybe he'll stop flipping through the book when he's more comfortable with the rules.  Having said that, most of my flipping occurs only during combat situations and I do pay attention to the in-between bits.  I can understand your annoyance if it is a constant activity and he's REALLY not paying attention to the story.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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