Ankh-Morpork Guard said:I think its more the impression that some players get that you aren't ALLOWED to combine certain books.
I've seen it many, many times and its always baffled me. Its not a huge step, but I don't see it as a bad thing in any way.
Yeah, I've never understood it either. My group generally doesn't allow stuff from the Forgotten Realms books, but that's only because so many things in the Forgotten Realms books are broken as hell. We're fine with stuff from Eberron, as long as it fits into whatever homebrew world the DM is running.