amaril said:They can typically afford the campaign setting book (e.g. Forgotten Realms CS, Eberron CS, Player's Guide to Greyhawk [2e, but enough fluff for a 3e campaign]). These campaign setting books typically have some nominal amount of crunch, such as feats, domains, prestige classes, spells, equipment, races, etc., with which players can immerse their characters into the setting.
When you pre-ordered the book, they gave us 5 players handouts, that easily let players know whats what. I'm sure you can aquire them for youself if you need them. Or get someone who has it make a copy for you to make your own copies.
Having pre-ordered it, I liked the look of it. I'm still reading it. Overall its much like many have already said: its a fantasic setting, rich in detail and crossed referenced to the max. Easily the best game book I own to date. Its the only one since pretty much the release of 3.0 that I havent bought through Amazon(which usually has a 30-40% discount) because I didnt feel the game book was worth the cover price of $30-$40. I got my money's worth on this one(even discounting the free goodies you got with pre-order).