Just in the extreme chance that anyone in charge of 5E reads this I would love to see the following suggestions employed in the design of the actual print rule books. I'm a lifelong D&Der, a librarian by trade, and bibliophile by interest, so I do have some legitimacy to my suggestions.
* Hardback (all books must be available in hardback, even the smaller volumes, they all need to withstand constant use and travel)
* Table of Contents & Indexes* (these are
rulebooks and need both a way to orientate casual reading (contents) and specific rule look-ups (index). I hate that the "splatbooks" and "setting books" of 3E largely do not have indexes, drives me crazy.
* Print Quality & Binding Remember how the ink smeared on my brand new 4E books on the first day of use and fell apart not soon after, please avoid this. D&Ders are willing to pay a little more for quality books that last.
* Glossary & Pronunciation Keys This is less critical than the others but I would love to see glossaries with pronunciations next to each word, in each book.
* eBooks/PDFs I would love to see legitimate legal e-format copies of the rulebooks available. THIS IS NOT IN ANY WAY SUGGESTING THAT WE NO LONGER NEED PRINTED BOOKS - we do need them. In fact I would think it would be cool for book purchasers to get free downloadable copies when they buy a print book. (Yes I'm aware of copyright laws and piracy but still
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That's all I can think of for now. Others feel free to comment or correct me.
Cheers,
Necro
* = Yes, both
indexes and indices are legitimate plural forms of index.
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