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<blockquote data-quote="Blackwind" data-source="post: 3816022" data-attributes="member: 1205">So, I was talking to my next-door neighbor the other day, who is also a DM and has been playing for about twelve years (I've played for 14).&nbsp; Neighbor is always trying to recruit me for his campaign, but our group plays on the same night his does, so it's not going to happen.&nbsp; Anyway, he's showing me the Spell Compendium, which he has just bought, and telling me about some of the cool spells in it.&nbsp; He offers to let me borrow it.&nbsp; Then he says, &quot;And your DM will have to let you use it, 'cause it's WotC.&quot;&nbsp; That's right, my neighbor, who's been a DM for more than a decade, actually believes that as a DM he is required to allow anything in any book published by WotC.&nbsp; I wonder how common this belief is?&nbsp; Don't some of the books published by WotC explicitly contradict this?&nbsp; Possibly relevant data: he doesn't read ENWorld or other D&amp;D sites on the internet.&nbsp; By the way, I pretty much agree with the OP.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blackwind, post: 3816022, member: 1205"] So, I was talking to my next-door neighbor the other day, who is also a DM and has been playing for about twelve years (I've played for 14). Neighbor is always trying to recruit me for his campaign, but our group plays on the same night his does, so it's not going to happen. Anyway, he's showing me the Spell Compendium, which he has just bought, and telling me about some of the cool spells in it. He offers to let me borrow it. Then he says, "And your DM will [I]have[/I] to let you use it, 'cause it's WotC." That's right, my neighbor, who's been a DM for more than a decade, actually believes that as a DM he is [I]required[/I] to allow anything in any book published by WotC. I wonder how common this belief is? Don't some of the books published by WotC explicitly contradict this? Possibly relevant data: he doesn't read ENWorld or other D&D sites on the internet. By the way, I pretty much agree with the OP. [/QUOTE]

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