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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 6561250" data-attributes="member: 996">There certainly /was/ in the 3.x/Pathfinder era (which, technically, is still going on in the shadow of 5e).&nbsp; Or, rather, less need for it.&nbsp; With the OGL, 3pps could put out a flood of supplements, so if there was the slightest demand for something, it got created by some upstart little company, even if the quality might not have been there.&nbsp; WotC wasn't exactly shy about putting out plenty of official stuff for the current ed, even going so far as an 'everything is core' philosophy with 4e/Essentials.Modern versions of D&amp;D didn't just take the firehose approach to providing supplemental materials, there was also a 'RAW' mystique that became enshrined in the 3.x era of so-called 'player entitlement' (for instance, to modify a monster you added levels/feats/skills to it like it was a PC, to create a new item you spelled out what feats and spells were used to create it) and which WotC declined to challenge with 4e/Essentials, which was so voluminous, carefully balanced and clearly laid out that it was quite a challenge to add homebrew material to without seeming to 'break' it (player material, that is, monsters were easy enough to add/change, FWIW).&nbsp; So, we've had 14 years of players expecting to get lots of options, and DMs being discouraged, one way or another, from providing those options, themselves.With 5e, though, WotC is again encouraging homebrewing, both explicitly, in the guidance 5e give DMs, and by providing a looser, less complete, indifferently balanced system that invites tinkering and additions.&nbsp;In 5e, the DM does have freedom (almost an obligation, really) to fix it up and fill it out to get it just right for his campaign and his group, but it provides players with no such encouragement.&nbsp; If you want something that's not covered by the 33 magic-using and 5 non-casting archetypes in the PH, you have to either browbeat your DM into making one just for you, or whine to WotC to come out with a Player's Option supplement....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 6561250, member: 996"] There certainly /was/ in the 3.x/Pathfinder era (which, technically, is still going on in the shadow of 5e). Or, rather, less need for it. With the OGL, 3pps could put out a flood of supplements, so if there was the slightest demand for something, it got created by some upstart little company, even if the quality might not have been there. WotC wasn't exactly shy about putting out plenty of official stuff for the current ed, even going so far as an 'everything is core' philosophy with 4e/Essentials. Modern versions of D&D didn't just take the firehose approach to providing supplemental materials, there was also a 'RAW' mystique that became enshrined in the 3.x era of so-called 'player entitlement' (for instance, to modify a monster you added levels/feats/skills to it like it was a PC, to create a new item you spelled out what feats and spells were used to create it) and which WotC declined to challenge with 4e/Essentials, which was so voluminous, carefully balanced and clearly laid out that it was quite a challenge to add homebrew material to without seeming to 'break' it (player material, that is, monsters were easy enough to add/change, FWIW). So, we've had 14 years of players expecting to get lots of options, and DMs being discouraged, one way or another, from providing those options, themselves. With 5e, though, WotC is again encouraging homebrewing, both explicitly, in the guidance 5e give DMs, and by providing a looser, less complete, indifferently balanced system that invites tinkering and additions. In 5e, the DM does have freedom (almost an obligation, really) to fix it up and fill it out to get it just right for his campaign and his group, but it provides players with no such encouragement. If you want something that's not covered by the 33 magic-using and 5 non-casting archetypes in the PH, you have to either browbeat your DM into making one just for you, or whine to WotC to come out with a Player's Option supplement.... [/QUOTE]

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