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<blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 4791546" data-attributes="member: 42040">I was killing time at the local mega bookstore recently and I decided to thumb through the Player's Handbook 2. &nbsp;How can this book be considered a core rulebook? &nbsp;It's not that the classes or races aren't good it's that it doesn't define the core mechanics of game play.&nbsp;Imagine a new player getting the &quot;core&quot; player's book for the system, not knowing the rules of the game. He wouldn't be able to generate stats, figure out how to move his character on the battlemat, or make sense out of terms like &quot;extended rest&quot; or &quot;critical hit.&quot;&nbsp;Then imagine the retailer who doesn't really know that a player must have PHB 1 to play the game and stocks only the newer, shinier PHB 2? &nbsp;I think this is a major misnomer and that it muddies the waters for new players entering a hobby with an already steep learning curve. &nbsp;Maybe this has already been discussed at length, but I just wanted to give my opinion. I hope that in the future WotC can better label their products to explain what the heck they are for clueless retailers and uneducated consumers (those just starting the hobby).&nbsp;All this just to mislead customers and sell more copies of the book, meanwhile confusing those just starting out.&nbsp;Retreater</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retreater, post: 4791546, member: 42040"] I was killing time at the local mega bookstore recently and I decided to thumb through the Player's Handbook 2. How can this book be considered a core rulebook? It's not that the classes or races aren't good it's that it doesn't define the core mechanics of game play. Imagine a new player getting the "core" player's book for the system, not knowing the rules of the game. He wouldn't be able to generate stats, figure out how to move his character on the battlemat, or make sense out of terms like "extended rest" or "critical hit." Then imagine the retailer who doesn't really know that a player must have PHB 1 to play the game and stocks only the newer, shinier PHB 2? I think this is a major misnomer and that it muddies the waters for new players entering a hobby with an already steep learning curve. Maybe this has already been discussed at length, but I just wanted to give my opinion. I hope that in the future WotC can better label their products to explain what the heck they are for clueless retailers and uneducated consumers (those just starting the hobby). All this just to mislead customers and sell more copies of the book, meanwhile confusing those just starting out. Retreater [/QUOTE]

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