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<blockquote data-quote="Mouseferatu" data-source="post: 1764104" data-attributes="member: 1288">Actually you can. In fact, while I hope people don't--given that I'm a D20 writer--the majority of the market does. That's one of the main reasons WotC's sales are so astronomically higher than everyone else's.The plethora of D20 products are absolutely not a problem with D&amp;D 3E itself, anymore than the old Judges Guild products could be said to accurately reflect on 1E. They're a factor to take into account when deciding how to play/run a game, but they cannot by any reasonable standard be said to be representative of any flaws of 3E itself. Anyone who wants to solve the problem of D20 supplement creep is well within their rights to say &quot;My game uses WotC stuff only.&quot; Heck, in the rules as written, that's still pretty much the default, since WotC doesn't tend to reference or refer to third-party material.If you're comparing D&amp;D to D&amp;D, 3E is still well behind 2E in terms of total supplements. And this doesn't mean I think 3E is a flawless system. There are certain aspects of BD&amp;D, 1E and 2E that I prefer. That said, I happen to believe that 3E is overall a better game than any of those, and it would be (I think) easier to modify D20/3E to my perfect game than it would be any of the preceeding editions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mouseferatu, post: 1764104, member: 1288"] Actually you can. In fact, while I hope people don't--given that I'm a D20 writer--the majority of the market does. That's one of the main reasons WotC's sales are so astronomically higher than everyone else's. The plethora of D20 products are absolutely [i]not[/i] a problem with D&D 3E itself, anymore than the old Judges Guild products could be said to accurately reflect on 1E. They're a factor to take into account when deciding how to play/run a game, but they cannot by any reasonable standard be said to be representative of any flaws of 3E itself. Anyone who wants to solve the problem of D20 supplement creep is well within their rights to say "My game uses WotC stuff only." Heck, in the rules as written, that's still pretty much the default, since WotC doesn't tend to reference or refer to third-party material. If you're comparing D&D to D&D, 3E is still well behind 2E in terms of total supplements. And this doesn't mean I think 3E is a flawless system. There are certain aspects of BD&D, 1E and 2E that I prefer. That said, I happen to believe that 3E is [i]overall[/i] a better game than any of those, and it would be (I think) easier to modify D20/3E to my perfect game than it would be any of the preceeding editions. [/QUOTE]

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