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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ratskinner" data-source="post: 5899177" data-attributes="member: 6688937">For me, it depends greatly on the rulebook in question. However, the sterility of the rules will help to reduce it a lot.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />For instance, there are some indie games I have that I must have read 20x by now, and rarely play. I reread them because amongst the interesting illustrations of their rules, they contain insight into game design and sometimes the genres they are emulating. On the other hand, I don't think I've ever read my 4e books all the way through (maybe the MM), in spite of having run it for almost two years. There is just no need or reward to doing so.  The 4e rules are a very compact structure, and the rest of the book tends to be a database output of powers or magic items or whatever. That being said. I'm not sure how much I'd want 5e books to be written for the purpose of reading them through. I suppose if its because they are so amazingly well-written with insight on every page and few mechanical bits. That'd be awesome for re-reading, but maybe not so much for new players, or for use in play. However, if we are to be treated to database output, I would prefer it to be more flavorful and tasty to read.EDIT/PS - Check that, the DMG and any similar books/chapters should be written with really good advice and insight and be something that young DMs would want to read repeatedly. That's were to put the flavor, because the DM has to evoke it at the table. Give them plenty of examples and warnings, even let the prose wax purple, if need be.</blockquote>

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