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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 3215646" data-attributes="member: 1465"><p>If you give a set of books by default, it should be easier.</p><p></p><p>That is what I usually do myself, but on the other hand, there are a couple of problems with it:</p><p></p><p>1- Most importantly, the books altogether should be quite balanced among all characters. I run 3.0 games, so I choose the 5 classbooks as default material because they cover the 11 PHB classes more or less equally. Obviously if you allow only e.g. Complete Arcane and Complete Warrior, the clerics and the rogues in your campaign may feel like they're clutching the short straw. So try to choose a set of books that together they don't strongly favor certain characters (unless that's something you want for your setting).</p><p></p><p>2- Keep prestige classes and magic items under your control ANYWAY. There is ALWAYS a couple of PrCl or M.I. in ANY supplement which you might later regret having allowed. So when you say "these 4 books are allowed by default", also explicitly remind your players that "not everything is equally common!!", which means that you always have the rights for example to require something special (like a quest) before entering a specific PrCl.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 3215646, member: 1465"] If you give a set of books by default, it should be easier. That is what I usually do myself, but on the other hand, there are a couple of problems with it: 1- Most importantly, the books altogether should be quite balanced among all characters. I run 3.0 games, so I choose the 5 classbooks as default material because they cover the 11 PHB classes more or less equally. Obviously if you allow only e.g. Complete Arcane and Complete Warrior, the clerics and the rogues in your campaign may feel like they're clutching the short straw. So try to choose a set of books that together they don't strongly favor certain characters (unless that's something you want for your setting). 2- Keep prestige classes and magic items under your control ANYWAY. There is ALWAYS a couple of PrCl or M.I. in ANY supplement which you might later regret having allowed. So when you say "these 4 books are allowed by default", also explicitly remind your players that "not everything is equally common!!", which means that you always have the rights for example to require something special (like a quest) before entering a specific PrCl. [/QUOTE]
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