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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 6321590" data-attributes="member: 19675">As has been said by others before, considering what is voluntarily self-reported on gaming forums as statistical evidence of gaming norms is...perilous.Just talking from my own experiences in 3.X, the one place where there was routine variance from the core assumptions was in party size.  The only time we had a 4 man party was when people couldn't show up for game night.  In my circle, I was the only one who used 3rd party material, and several guys strictly limited the amount of non-Core WotC product as well.  Most stats were generated by point-buy, 4d6 or 3d6.  Parties consisted of PCs of all the same level.  Wealth by level only mattered when a new guy joined the group and needed to generate a PC of the appropriate level, or when campaigns stated at other than first...and then we used it as written.House rules- other than excising certain WotC classes, spells, races, etc.- are the exception, not the rule for us.  Our new, active campaign has only one- an alteration in how flanking (and all the associated mechanics) works.Typical?  I have no idea.  But I don't assume one way or the other.</blockquote>