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[5e] My PHB smells

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

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jadrax

#30
September 02, 2014, 09:32:15 AM
Quote from: Exploderwizard;784384Burn it.

Don't start that up again. ;o)

dragoner

#31
September 02, 2014, 11:54:34 AM
It could be possessed by a demon!
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daniel_ream

#32
September 02, 2014, 02:28:33 PM
Quote from: Omega;784340An 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.

I wish I had a photo I could show, but one trick is to take two tables side by side with a gap between them, open the book and spread the covers on top of the tables with the pages hanging down in the gap.  Weight the covers with other books to keep the binding from flexing backwards.  The pages will fan out slightly.  Now aim the fan on low at the end of the pages so it's blowing through them.  This will air out all the pages quickly.
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RunningLaser

#33
September 02, 2014, 05:31:45 PM
Mine has a faint chemical type of smell- I'm guessing from some process that they use.  It was noticeable at first, but has diminished since.

As an aside, I had a used book I bought several weeks ago that smelled like the previous owner smoked cartons of Marlboro's and breathed constantly on each page.  The scent of stale ashtray and kitty breath does not make for a fun read.  That book went away.

Novastar

#34
September 02, 2014, 05:44:02 PM
Quote from: Raven;784337Ziplock bag + cat litter removes odors too. Fresh cat litter anyway.
Emphasis mine.
Good god man! Who the hell would use the alternative?!?
I love cats, but cat piss is one of God's ways of telling us he didn't make cats TOO perfect.
(the other is the bastard's love of knocking over full drinks on the table. Bastich!)
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Will

#35
September 02, 2014, 07:01:18 PM
Well, if you go with used kitty litter, you wouldn't be noticing the original odor!
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#36
September 02, 2014, 07:27:04 PM
Quote from: Fiasco;784289WOTC used an ink made from distilled 4E nerd rage. Is not for the faint hearted.

Hey, fatbeard sweat is an important material component in some spells.

no one important

#37
September 03, 2014, 02:51:30 AM
Mine looks fine - no obvious damage/staining.  It smells, well, odd.  Not exactly unpleasant, but very different from other new books.  (And I really enjoy just shoving my nose into the pages and taking a good whiff, so I am confident that I know what new books smell like.)

Hoard of the Dragon Queen smells more like my other books, and its pages aren't as glossy, so maybe that's it.  The PH does smell closer to some graphic novels than other gamebooks.
Not as dumb as I look, sound, or best testing indicates.  Awful close, though.

RPGPundit

#38
September 12, 2014, 06:06:07 AM
Mine only has "new book smell".
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#39
September 12, 2014, 02:41:56 PM
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