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<blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 1403984" data-attributes="member: 172">Gee, I don't find it that baneful. I find it beneficial when you challenge the self-security of player meta-knowledge. The moment that you introduce something that make players go &quot;how'd he do that?&quot; is the moment that you remind them that the 3 core books aren't the answer to life, the universe, and everything.That's one way, but unless you have some rich, well-read players, there are more options out there than players can track; you can get help by using published off the wall products. And trust me, there are some off the wall products out there. Try something like the Quintessential Psion (mental parasites that crawl through the city, harvested by psions! Glowing psionic overminds! Fun fun fun!) Or Arcane Strife. Or Bastion's Spells &amp; Magic. BoEM III.PDFs also have the advantage that the players need not ever know what book you are using. Just print out any reference pages you are using and put them in an easy reference notebook. Of course, I guess this is possible via photocopy for print products.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Psion, post: 1403984, member: 172"] Gee, I don't find it that baneful. I find it [i]beneficial[/i] when you challenge the self-security of player meta-knowledge. The moment that you introduce something that make players go "how'd he do that?" is the moment that you remind them that the 3 core books aren't the answer to life, the universe, and everything. That's one way, but unless you have some rich, well-read players, there are more options out there than players can track; you can get help by using published off the wall products. And trust me, there are some off the wall products out there. Try something like the Quintessential Psion (mental parasites that crawl through the city, harvested by psions! Glowing psionic overminds! Fun fun fun!) Or Arcane Strife. Or Bastion's Spells & Magic. BoEM III. PDFs also have the advantage that the players need not ever know what book you are using. Just print out any reference pages you are using and put them in an easy reference notebook. Of course, I guess this is possible via photocopy for print products. [/QUOTE]

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