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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PapersAndPaychecks" data-source="post: 4568419" data-attributes="member: 28854">Yes, I did give some thought to that.The basic design philosophy for OSRIC is: one book contains all the rules.  That's one (1) core book, with optional supplements from third party publishers to taste.(I have an optional supplement for OSRIC out, which is Monsters of Myth... but for the purposes of design philosophy, I'm a "third party publisher" in this sense.  The core rules are one, single, free, volume.)I was also concerned to ensure the absolute best value for money for the user when it comes to the print version.  I plan to release OSRIC via Lulu, and last time I checked each book cost $4.53 plus two cents per page in softcover... so the absolute minimum cost is to offer a single book of 400-odd pages.  If I make it two or three books, I'm adding $4.50 or $9 to the price the end-user pays.That was unpalatable to me.  I wanted OSRIC to be available at a price that makes it accessible to young people, or to retired people, or to disabled veterans, or whoever, rather than targetting the relatively well-heeled 30-somethings and 40-somethings who're accustomed to paying $40 per book.And I liked the unity and simplicity of having everything in one place.But within those constraints, I did do what I could to help people do the "Players Handbook" thing.  Notice the careful ordering of the chapters!If you're playing a melee character and you want the minimum information to do that, you can just print Chapter 1.  If you're playing a caster, you can print Chapters 1 and 2 (because Chapter 2 contains all the spells).  If you'd like a complete PHB, you can print Chapters 1, 2 and 3 and have all the character generation rules, all the spells and all the tables.Chapters 4, 5 and 6 comprise the GM-oriented material and together, they make a combined DMG/monster book.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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