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<blockquote data-quote="Liquidsabre" data-source="post: 4786248" data-attributes="member: 15635"><p>No more work than when DMing a 3.Xe game. The 3e and 3.5e splat books were notorious for their quirky power level differences for feats, PrCs, and spells. If you were really, really lucky the offending OP'd feature was nerfed in an errata a year or two later after a large majority of DMs already houseruled or banned said features.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So let me get this straight, you are asking a publisher (Paizo) to be responsible for the balance of literally dozens of splat books that they never even published? How can you ask that of a publisher not even responsible for the printed material when even the original publisher (WotC) wasn't even able to do so?</p><p></p><p>Besides, backwards compatibility simply refers to the *mechanics* of the game system and does not necessarily account for the balance of the myriad of splat books and 3rd party issuance in existence.</p><p></p><p>Asking the DM for approval IS in their job description. Any DM worth their salt will always make the call prior to the game via limiting or opening up what books will be available for the game and will peruse choices as characters select them to be sure they are appropriate (in power level, in character, thematic, etc.) for the campaign. No different than in any other 3.x D&D game that used the WotC splat books and/or 3rd party materials.</p><p></p><p>Any good DM that has run 3e and 3.5e for any amount of time would be able to tell you the same.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Liquidsabre, post: 4786248, member: 15635"] No more work than when DMing a 3.Xe game. The 3e and 3.5e splat books were notorious for their quirky power level differences for feats, PrCs, and spells. If you were really, really lucky the offending OP'd feature was nerfed in an errata a year or two later after a large majority of DMs already houseruled or banned said features. So let me get this straight, you are asking a publisher (Paizo) to be responsible for the balance of literally dozens of splat books that they never even published? How can you ask that of a publisher not even responsible for the printed material when even the original publisher (WotC) wasn't even able to do so? Besides, backwards compatibility simply refers to the *mechanics* of the game system and does not necessarily account for the balance of the myriad of splat books and 3rd party issuance in existence. Asking the DM for approval IS in their job description. Any DM worth their salt will always make the call prior to the game via limiting or opening up what books will be available for the game and will peruse choices as characters select them to be sure they are appropriate (in power level, in character, thematic, etc.) for the campaign. No different than in any other 3.x D&D game that used the WotC splat books and/or 3rd party materials. Any good DM that has run 3e and 3.5e for any amount of time would be able to tell you the same. [/QUOTE]
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