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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5352045" data-attributes="member: 82106">I'm not sure about how much more atmospheric the RC is. The skill examples for instance come straight out of either the DMG or PHB1. Same with all the other little notions about world creation, etc. I'm pretty sure you can find pretty much 100% of that text in the original 4e books. It stands out a bit more in the more condensed RC format is all. It is a well designed book. I like the format. Definitely a nice book to pick up if you want a slightly improved presentation of the rules. Lots of little text cleanups and obviously all the stuff that has been tweaked since PHB1 is updated. There are still a few gray areas they didn't quite manage to clear up, but overall I think players will benefit from the new presentation. Note though that RC isn't as much of an introductory book as PHB1 was. This makes sense since you would assume players have HotFL and/or the Red Box to do the really basic rules introduction and explain classes fully. Someone with a basic understanding of RPGs can certainly pick it up and understand how 4e works. Definitely a must-have for an Essentials DM. Great for anyone looking for a clean updated set of rules.</blockquote>