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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Buttercup" data-source="post: 725180" data-attributes="member: 990">It doesn't seem that bad to me.  And if you really don't understand something, you can always ask here, or just leave it out.That's the downside to giving players more choices, but it seems worth it to me.  You could always Rule 0 prestige classes.  Personally, I've never understood why everyone likes them so much.  But there are also more spell and feat choices, and those I don't mind so much.  Yeah, some of them are over or underpowered.  So I just pick & choose.Dude, you need to download Jamis Buck's NPC generator.  Then all your troubles will be over.  You can find it on the downloads page of this site.  But you know, I don't usually bother to fully stat out all my NPCs.  IF they're cannon fodder, they need AC, HP, saves and equipment.  If they're wallpaper, they don't even need that.  Only the recurring NPCs IMC get a full stat block and background story.Well, since I never DMed second edition, I have no basis for comparison.  But I'm not unhappy with the amount of stuff available to me.  If you want a really well-supported world for 3e, play FR, Kalamar or Scarred lands.  Actually, the Scarred lands has the most product available, by a long shot, if you don't count the FR novels.I'm not sure what you mean by this.  I've got one player IMC who used Oriental Adventures to design his character and create a backstory.  Another one is using both RR as a source for most of her spells.  The other two are just using stuff from the PHB.  It hasn't been a problem.  I just say that the first two characters are from "far away".I'm not sure what you're looking for.  I don't have a great deal of time to prepare, but I haven't had any trouble putting adventures together.  Sometimes I cobble bits of modules together, and sometimes I make them up out of whole cloth.  Personally, I think it would be boring to run a campaign completely from modules.  YMMV, naturally.There's a thread about 3e's rapid advancement that has lots of good advice about how to slow a campaign down if you feel the need.  Read it <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42033" target="_blank">here.</a>And this is why Rule 0 is our friend.  I can't imagine running a campaign where I allowed everything and anything.  It would be a nightmare.  I'm glad the options are out there, but that doesn't mean there is a good reason to include them all in a given campaign.  Heck, it would be total chaos if you tried.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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