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<blockquote data-quote="Libramarian" data-source="post: 5897779" data-attributes="member: 6688858">It's not really a fluff vs. crunch thing. I don't want more overwrought italicized fluff. AD&amp;D doesn't actually have stuff like that. What I would like is a text that doesn't feel like it's trying to wrap a hermetic seal around its take on D&amp;D, if that makes sense. A text that feels more &quot;open&quot; and less sterile and packaged -- more personality, more references to real-world history, mythology, literature, maybe even the way previous editions of D&amp;D did things. Just loosen up a bit.I don't see Gygax's prose as pretentious...it's playful. It appears alongside cartoons about +2 backscratchers and the game Papers &amp; Paychecks.Here's a little joke:Inform those players who have opted for the magic-user profession that they have just completed a course of apprenticeship with a master who was of unthinkably high level (at least 6th!).
Written from the perspective of a low level noob. That's fun!Mike Mearls mentioned&nbsp; Beowulf and Roland in his latest article on the Fighter class design&nbsp; goals. I want to see them&nbsp; mentioned in the 5e PHB. Why not?I also would like to see a foreword talking about the history of the game and re-iterating their goals for this edition. Basically like one of Mearls' Legends &amp; Lore articles.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Libramarian, post: 5897779, member: 6688858"] It's not really a fluff vs. crunch thing. I don't want more overwrought italicized fluff. AD&D doesn't actually have stuff like that. What I would like is a text that doesn't feel like it's trying to wrap a hermetic seal around its take on D&D, if that makes sense. A text that feels more "open" and less sterile and packaged -- more personality, more references to real-world history, mythology, literature, maybe even the way previous editions of D&D did things. Just loosen up a bit. I don't see Gygax's prose as pretentious...it's playful. It appears alongside cartoons about +2 backscratchers and the game Papers & Paychecks. Here's a little joke:[INDENT]Inform those players who have opted for the magic-user profession that they have just completed a course of apprenticeship with a master who was of unthinkably high level (at least 6th!). [/INDENT]Written from the perspective of a low level noob. That's fun! Mike Mearls mentioned Beowulf and Roland in his latest article on the Fighter class design goals. I want to see them mentioned in the 5e PHB. Why not? I also would like to see a foreword talking about the history of the game and re-iterating their goals for this edition. Basically like one of Mearls' Legends & Lore articles. [/QUOTE]

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