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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tequila Sunrise" data-source="post: 5255716" data-attributes="member: 40398">I've played core only in both editions, and I don't think either was any more or less 'complete' than the other. I do think that 4e DMs have much less reason to stay core than 3e DMs do.4e is getting a bit of the inevitable power creep, but all options are essentially viable and balanced. So the only reason to ban a source wholesale is "this doesn't belong in my campaign." The CB makes doing that feel a bit icky though.3e on the other hand, has balance issues all over the place. The best and worst may very well be in the PHB, but at least one book is easier to familiarize one's self with than a dozen splats. 3e splatbooks also tend to fundamentally change how PCs work in a way that even 4e psionics don't. Especially when it comes to magic; a core only DM only has to know vancian casting. But a splat DM might have to know psionics (to avoid the infamous psionic supernova problem that causes all the "psionics is teh broken!" complaints). S/he might also have to know incarnum, all three magic systems from the Tome of Magic, or any of a dozen other minor variations. It's no wonder that no 3e kitchen sink DM stays that way for long! (I speak from experience.)Amen!Feat taxes aren't just a 4e problem.</blockquote>