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<blockquote data-quote="OnlineDM" data-source="post: 5522284" data-attributes="member: 90804"><p>I'm completely confused now. What are people worried about when they say that a book is "for Essentials" then? It's just about marketing rather than content?</p><p></p><p>I think it only matters because some people (such as the author of this review) do not allow "Essentials" content in their games. Where do they draw the line? Obviously they are not allowing Heroes of the Fallen Lands / Forgotten Kingdoms, but it sounds like they're also excluding Heroes of Shadow now.</p><p></p><p>I know that some people don't like the "simplified" martial classes from Essentials, so I can understand them saying that those are not going to be part of their games. But why not the Mage or Warpriest - are they tainted by association?</p><p></p><p>And given that, why not the Binder or Vampire classes or the Shade or Vryloka races (other than flavor reasons, which I can understand)? Is it just a statement against the marketing of these books? Or is there a mechanical issue with these books?</p><p></p><p>If the PHB1 were reprinted with its original crunch (fighters with dailies, etc.) and incorporated errata but with Essentials branding on the cover, would it be disallowed at these tables? Do these tables disallow the Warlord now because WotC has put out a reformatted version of the class but with no mechanical changes?</p><p></p><p>I can completely understand not allowing certain content for mechanical or flavor reasons, but this sounds like excluding content for marketing reasons, which feels bizarre to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OnlineDM, post: 5522284, member: 90804"] I'm completely confused now. What are people worried about when they say that a book is "for Essentials" then? It's just about marketing rather than content? I think it only matters because some people (such as the author of this review) do not allow "Essentials" content in their games. Where do they draw the line? Obviously they are not allowing Heroes of the Fallen Lands / Forgotten Kingdoms, but it sounds like they're also excluding Heroes of Shadow now. I know that some people don't like the "simplified" martial classes from Essentials, so I can understand them saying that those are not going to be part of their games. But why not the Mage or Warpriest - are they tainted by association? And given that, why not the Binder or Vampire classes or the Shade or Vryloka races (other than flavor reasons, which I can understand)? Is it just a statement against the marketing of these books? Or is there a mechanical issue with these books? If the PHB1 were reprinted with its original crunch (fighters with dailies, etc.) and incorporated errata but with Essentials branding on the cover, would it be disallowed at these tables? Do these tables disallow the Warlord now because WotC has put out a reformatted version of the class but with no mechanical changes? I can completely understand not allowing certain content for mechanical or flavor reasons, but this sounds like excluding content for marketing reasons, which feels bizarre to me. [/QUOTE]
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