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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 3243639" data-attributes="member: 3146">First, in defense of the RPGA, all of the campaigns do not use "expansion slots." The most popular campaign, Living Greyhawk, simply has a list of non-core material allowed at creation (some new base classes, most new domains), allowed after level 3 (most of the complete stuff), and that you may gain access to in an adventure (most everything else WotC that isn't setting specific). IMO, that's a much better system than the expansion slot system.Second, I think the implementation of the expansion slot idea is a little bit lacking. First, based on other messages, it doesn't seem clear how it is implemented. To me, it reads like an expansion slot would be a single non-core feat, class, spell, or prestige class. Other posters seem to be under the impression that an expansion slot is an entire book of options.Assuming that I'm correct, the expansion slot system looks to be really hard on fighters who will at the very least have to carefully plan their non-core feats to all come at odd levels. This will probably prevent some combos from ever being usefully available. (Curiously, it also prevents a single-classed fighter from ever gaining the PHB II's weapon supremacy feat--since it requires fighter 18 and fighters get two feats at 18th level and one at 20th level but none at 19th level where they would get the expansion slot, the earliest a fighter could take Weapon Supremacy by those rules is 21st level).The third campaign--3d6 down the line with even starting hit points rolled randomly, all replacement characters start at first level, seems to collect all of the worst ideas of 1e and put them in one convenient package. Definitely not interested--and even if I were, my character dying would prevent me from playing in any event. Play a first level character tagging along with an 8th level party? (And then, of course, have to create a new first level character after every other battle when he got caught in a stray AoE spell). No way. I'd rather play another player's cohort.</blockquote>

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