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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Urbanmech" data-source="post: 1699714" data-attributes="member: 122">I think the trend has been toward "crunch" because it is usually harder to come up with balanced (sometimes a very relative term) prc's, spells, monsters, and feats.  Coming up with a homebrew setting is somewhat easier.  Even if you use an established campaign world you are going to make tweaks to it that make it yours.  The 3e books are more of a tool set that you can use to build a boat or a house or just about anything you can imagine given the time.I do think that the Draconominicon is an excellent blending of crunch and fluff.  I really hope that Libris Mortis and Codex Anathema are written with the same mixture and high quality.  Hopefully Frostburn and the environment books will contain a good mixture of the two elements.  Rules to make the environments interesting and tips for descriptions and different exotic locations to get your creative juices flowing.</blockquote>