PHB 4e

[bigscary]

• Tabular layout is very, very nice. Clear descriptions of all conditions? Better than the 3.5 version thereof, and in the relevant part of the PHB rather than the back of the DMG.
• Book is both very pretty and very sturdy-seeming. We'll see if the latter is more than just appearance
• I really can't get over how much the layout and organization are improved.

Very pleased.

Comments

[jlc.livejournal.com]

Looking over shell524's PHB on the train home tonight, I was really impressed with the early material in this version. Wizards actually bothered to, you know, talk about what a roleplaying game is, what to do and why in chargen, and even have some example play in the PHB! Quite a sea change from 3 where that shit was all buried in the DMG or not even addressed.

The tabular layout bothers the fuck out of me, though. I know this is D&D, but tables really aren't always the best method for displaying information. I am overjoyed that they put the relevant systems information for all the races on a seperate, facing page from the description this time around. No more mucking through those horrible run-together double columns!