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<blockquote data-quote="Stormborn" data-source="post: 3416211" data-attributes="member: 14041">In our current game, through no specific intent of anyone, each of the PCs has at least one non-PHB component.&nbsp; We have a human battle dancer (Dragon Compendium), half scout (Complete Adventurer), half-elf [house ruled human with elven features] battle sorcerer (Unearthed Arcana), and a desert half-orc (Unearted Arcana) cleric of Ganesh.&nbsp; I realize that last falls into the sub-race component so doesn't fit your criteria exactly, but is a much better choice IMO than the standard half-orc.&nbsp; I certainly think that a non-PHB game is doable - if thats what your players want.&nbsp; I can see alot of balking going on when people are asked to abandon their favorite class or race for some &quot;non-core&quot; one they consider substandard.&nbsp; All the standard party roles can be filled by non-core products, you are going to want to take a careful look at things like spell lists, skills, and class features.&nbsp; In out game, for example, we altered some of the Scout's class skills to make him a more effective substitute for a rogue.How far afield do you intend to go with this?&nbsp; Magic of Incarnum? Tome of Magic? Book of Nine Swords?&nbsp; As a DM you have a challange to come up with a cohesive world sans the standard races (which I think is a larger obstacle than the races), which may mean anticipating the choices your players will make or limiting them in someway.&nbsp; If you enjoy pregenerated adventures you are going to have to modify heavilly to eliminate the standard races.&nbsp; Although many of them are just &quot;Humans with a twist&quot; so that may not be too much of a problem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormborn, post: 3416211, member: 14041"] In our current game, through no specific intent of anyone, each of the PCs has at least one non-PHB component. We have a human battle dancer (Dragon Compendium), half scout (Complete Adventurer), half-elf [house ruled human with elven features] battle sorcerer (Unearthed Arcana), and a desert half-orc (Unearted Arcana) cleric of Ganesh. I realize that last falls into the sub-race component so doesn't fit your criteria exactly, but is a much better choice IMO than the standard half-orc. I certainly think that a non-PHB game is doable - if thats what your players want. I can see alot of balking going on when people are asked to abandon their favorite class or race for some "non-core" one they consider substandard. All the standard party roles can be filled by non-core products, you are going to want to take a careful look at things like spell lists, skills, and class features. In out game, for example, we altered some of the Scout's class skills to make him a more effective substitute for a rogue. How far afield do you intend to go with this? Magic of Incarnum? Tome of Magic? Book of Nine Swords? As a DM you have a challange to come up with a cohesive world sans the standard races (which I think is a larger obstacle than the races), which may mean anticipating the choices your players will make or limiting them in someway. If you enjoy pregenerated adventures you are going to have to modify heavilly to eliminate the standard races. Although many of them are just "Humans with a twist" so that may not be too much of a problem. [/QUOTE]

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