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[5e] My PHB smells

Started by YourSwordisMine, September 01, 2014, 12:01:39 PM

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Skywalker

#15
September 01, 2014, 05:53:00 PM
Fear...

YourSwordisMine

#16
September 01, 2014, 06:02:57 PM
Quote from: Mostlyjoe;784257Put it in a big zip lock with rice. Let sit for 12 hours.

I'll see about getting a ziplock bag big enough.

I was just wondering if it was a known issue and if I should contact WoTC. It is rather stomach turning, and the fact it was making me light headed didn't seem to be a good sign...
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YourSwordisMine

#17
September 01, 2014, 06:04:21 PM
Quote from: Omega;784276Truffles...

Quote from: Skywalker;784278Fear...

either of those would be preferable to what it does smell like...
Quote from: ExploderwizardStarting out as fully formed awesome and riding the awesome train across a flat plane to awesome town just doesn\'t feel like D&D. :)

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Fiasco

#18
September 01, 2014, 06:22:47 PM
WOTC used an ink made from distilled 4E nerd rage. Is not for the faint hearted.

Godfather Punk

#19
September 01, 2014, 06:32:10 PM Last Edit: September 03, 2014, 04:19:21 PM by Godfather Punk
Asshole detector... you're doing it wrong.

danskmacabre

#20
September 01, 2014, 06:34:32 PM
My copy of the PHB doesn't particularly smell, but I did notice when I got a small spot of water on a page (about 1 cm in diameter, so about 1 drop of water), the ink ran off VERY easily on that spot.

It didn't completely wash off the ink and that spot was still readable, but the background color came right off and the text ink was lightened considerably.

I have had minor spills on other RPG manuals and they didn't display this behaviour.

Critias

#21
September 01, 2014, 06:50:53 PM
Didn't that "Spoony" guy's multi-hour long review slogfest thing start with a similar complaint?

Mine seems fine, FWIW.  Normal "new book" smell, but nothing out of the ordinary.
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Doom

#22
September 01, 2014, 09:34:00 PM
Yup, just got the new book smell, no different than the last half dozen new books to run through my hands in the last couple of months.
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Vargold

#23
September 01, 2014, 09:46:12 PM
Mine smells OK. Nowhere near as good as my 13th Age books, though.
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Opaopajr

#25
September 01, 2014, 11:07:13 PM
Could be mold, or rat urine?, from shipping. Though you could see that damage. Most likely the glue.

The rice trick is great: absorbs moisture and relatively safe to books.

Also could use a proper desiccator or activated charcoal to remove moisture and smell.

I would try those two first before upping the ante and doing Sunlight sterilization. That requires observation, especially every 20-30 minutes to avoid spot bleaching, light sand to absorb any sweating moisture, a drafting brush to brush the sand away, etc. That should kill and aerate just about everything.

Afterwards, once sterile, place in a drawer filled with incense to keep it smelling beautiful. I like cedar, sandalwood, occasional ayurvedic recipes because I like to huff the fumes...
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Raven

#26
September 02, 2014, 12:14:46 AM
Ziplock bag + cat litter removes odors too. Fresh cat litter anyway.

Omega

#27
September 02, 2014, 12:27:46 AM
Quote from: YourSwordisMine;784283I'll see about getting a ziplock bag big enough.

I was just wondering if it was a known issue and if I should contact WoTC. It is rather stomach turning, and the fact it was making me light headed didn't seem to be a good sign...

An alternative is to lay the book open about midpoint in front of a fan so its hitting it edge on and the wind can blow through the slightly loose pages.

Despite UPS's best efforts to destroy the book it made it intact. BUT, it was mailed in an OPEN AIR MAILER????WTF???? And that day was really humid so the pages were severely rippled.

After a week each night laying flat in front of a fan its returned to normal. And general refferencing over the week has aired it out pretty good.

Koltar

#28
September 02, 2014, 02:12:48 AM
Quote from: YourSwordisMine;784283I'll see about getting a ziplock bag big enough.

I was just wondering if it was a known issue and if I should contact WoTC. It is rather stomach turning, and the fact it was making me light headed didn't seem to be a good sign...

Have you tried using Febreeze yet?

 It might also be the truck it was shipped on.

Every once in a while at work we get a box that smells 'funny' - its usually humidity related or conditions with whatever truck or box it was in.

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#29
September 02, 2014, 08:32:09 AM
It has been said that the Necronomicon sometimes disguises itself as another sort of tome.....


Burn it.
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