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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 9028770" data-attributes="member: 29398">I'm not sure &quot;threatening&quot; is quite the right word, but one important concept that sit-down-anywhere organized play rather strongly discourages is the whole idea of homebrewing, kitbashing, and-or tweaking anything about the game.If I'm an AL DM I have to run the game exactly as it's written, even if I see glaring problems with it that I could houserule-fix on a whim; and I have to include whatever supplements WotC tells me to even if I don't want to.&nbsp; If I'm an AL player I have no choice but play within the confines of what's written, and also am probably expected to keep up with all the supplements so I know what's &quot;legal&quot;.And these issues ain't new: RPGA play in 1983 was just the same, and even back then there was a clear conflict between the &quot;everyone must play the same&quot; and &quot;the game is yours to modify as you will&quot; camps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 9028770, member: 29398"] I'm not sure "threatening" is quite the right word, but one important concept that sit-down-anywhere organized play rather strongly discourages is the whole idea of homebrewing, kitbashing, and-or tweaking anything about the game. If I'm an AL DM I have to run the game exactly as it's written, even if I see glaring problems with it that I could houserule-fix on a whim; and I have to include whatever supplements WotC tells me to even if I don't want to. If I'm an AL player I have no choice but play within the confines of what's written, and also am probably expected to keep up with all the supplements so I know what's "legal". And these issues ain't new: RPGA play in 1983 was just the same, and even back then there was a clear conflict between the "everyone must play the same" and "the game is yours to modify as you will" camps. [/QUOTE]

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