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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7696709" data-attributes="member: 22779">There's the trick thought isn't it?&nbsp; Recognising the crap?&nbsp; Sure, for those of us who've been playing for umpteen years, fair enough.&nbsp; But, even then, depending on the length of the product we're talking about, it isn't always that easy.&nbsp; Stuff slips through.&nbsp; That module mislabeled an encounter and now the DM is stuck in the middle of the session trying to parse out exactly what's supposed to happen.&nbsp; That power in that book didn't look like too big of a deal until it got combined with that other bit from that other book and the player makes a wild jump in power level.&nbsp; Polymorph is probably the best example of this.&nbsp; Polymorphing into a 3e troll isn't that big of a deal.&nbsp; Polymorphing in that troll from Monster Manual 4 which had all these other abilities suddenly becomes an issue.&nbsp; So, we saw a bunch of polymorph nerfs.Because there is virtually no oversight, 3pp are often barely play tested and not everyone is going to recognize a bad idea instantly (or recognise how idea X combines with ideas Y and Z to be far over the top) it's not all that difficult to get burned.I'm really not sure how to get around this though.&nbsp; Time I guess.&nbsp; You're right on that one [MENTION=34194]byron[/MENTION]D.&nbsp; Wait for the dust to settle and see what floats up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7696709, member: 22779"] There's the trick thought isn't it? Recognising the crap? Sure, for those of us who've been playing for umpteen years, fair enough. But, even then, depending on the length of the product we're talking about, it isn't always that easy. Stuff slips through. That module mislabeled an encounter and now the DM is stuck in the middle of the session trying to parse out exactly what's supposed to happen. That power in that book didn't look like too big of a deal until it got combined with that other bit from that other book and the player makes a wild jump in power level. Polymorph is probably the best example of this. Polymorphing into a 3e troll isn't that big of a deal. Polymorphing in that troll from Monster Manual 4 which had all these other abilities suddenly becomes an issue. So, we saw a bunch of polymorph nerfs. Because there is virtually no oversight, 3pp are often barely play tested and not everyone is going to recognize a bad idea instantly (or recognise how idea X combines with ideas Y and Z to be far over the top) it's not all that difficult to get burned. I'm really not sure how to get around this though. Time I guess. You're right on that one [MENTION=34194]byron[/MENTION]D. Wait for the dust to settle and see what floats up. [/QUOTE]

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