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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 3780979" data-attributes="member: 48965">You know I was looking over my post and realized I stated part of what I was trying to say in an unclear way.  I don't think having multiple books labeled as "core" and as PHB I, PHB 2, etc. will be confusing in the sense that a player won't know which is the first one...I meant more in the way of what exactly is necessary to run a game.  Many say the structure of D&D 3.5 is daunting with all the splat books, environment books, supplemental extensions, etc.  I see  a structure where there are numerous PHB's on top of splat books for the different power types for each, as well as campaign sourcebooks, etc. as becoming quickly daunting to someone who tries to get into the game after the first or second year.  This seems especially problematic if they don't go to gaming sites on the internet to understand the structure yet everything is labelled core.I see alot of people espousing the sentiment that the multiple PHB's will cut down on splat-books, but I don't see this happening in anyway.  If WotC is using the PHB's to premiere new power sources it seems logical that they won't have room to supplement previous power sources in the same book.  The inverse would be problematic in that if I only want to play with the power sources in the first PHB then putting the supplemental material for them in a second handbook with four new power sources means I'm paying for at least half a book I won't use.  Finally if they choose to go the supplemental material on the DI route, I will be very dissapointed(yes I know this is a personal thing.).  I own a Mac and I just can't see paying the full price of a subscription with only limited use of the applications and content I'm paying for.  I know nothing is finalized, so hopefully WotC will find a way to address this issue.  Though I still would rather buy my supplements as books, that I can browse and make an informed decision about, rather than a subscription sight unseen.  YMMV of course.</blockquote>

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