Players only need the PHB so it would feel off. I think the problem with a new TTRPG, lets say 13th age, is that its hard to convince people to buy multiple books, since that is much more expensive, so its book is 300 pages but that is PHB, MM, DMG.if you told me that the core 3 for DnD was all going to be one book, or even that the PHB and DNG were being combined, I would balk.
Is it just me?
That's basically what Pathfinder did (at least 1E, I don't play 2E so I can't speak for it). There isn't a separate PHB and DMG, it's all just the core rulebook. It actually works out fine. I went from decades of playing D&D with more core books to Pathfinder and it didn't make a difference to me.To be blunt, if you told me that the core 3 for DnD was all going to be one book, or even that the PHB and DNG were being combined, I would balk.
Is it just me?