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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scribble" data-source="post: 5200531" data-attributes="member: 23977">Yeah- I'm guessing they saw the opportunity there to make an ongoing stream of add-ons. (And with the popularity of kits, it probably wasn't so big of a stretch.)Shrug. Either way it's still an element that relies on the DM to either say no you can't, or do extra work to include it. Ummm yes... they were a "cool thing" so suddenly everyone wanted to play one.. The point being that if something is "cool" human nature makes people want to take part in said thing. The thing which is cool in this case being the Sabbat. IN D&D 1/2 demon being a cool thing.. Or Drow... Or 1/2 Dragon... Or any number of monster races...  Dude seriously? It was like over 4 years ago for Unearthed Arcana!For DMGII I think it was magic items of some type.. I have a player who is the ultimate power gamer type... He's constantly looking for new power builds.Anyway is this ok? Will you accept I'm not lying here or do you need me to provide a letter of reference from my players indicating such events happened in the past? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" /> Crazy... here I thought that's what all my posts were trying to  convey... my thoughts on why they'd moved away from stuff balanced by the DM saying no...Guess I have an inability to type/think today. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />I will try to summarize:1. In the past some stuff was made that relied on either the DM doing extra work to include it, or saying no it won't be included.2. Extra work is annoying- saying no makes people sad. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> 3. Dilemma!4. Why not make stuff balanced so theres not a lot of extra work to use it, and more DMs have less evaluating to do? 5. Less work is good,  saying yes makes people happy. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />6. Gamers have more incentive to buy stuff because their DMs are more likely to let them use the stuff inside.7. Gamers buying books makes WoTC happy.8. Scribble has less work to do when he DMs, and can more easily help everyone have a good time so he approves. (He can, however, see why others might want the other stuff, and feels bad for them since they aren't getting something they want, but not THAT bad, since he is getting what he wants, and his selfish human nature makes him care more about his own wants and needs more then what happens to others at least when it comes to hobbies. In grade school he probably would have said.. NYA NYA, but now he is polite and feels bad for others. But not that bad as was previously mentioned.)   Huh?  I think you might be reading too much into things here. I am confused.</blockquote>

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