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<blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 1839241" data-attributes="member: 3586">Yes: the front cover of each of these books proclaims &quot;A Player's Guide to...&quot;They're not meant to be books for DMs - well, not primarily, though DMs can make use of the material within, and there are sections that greatly aid the DM in adventure preparation.That's the opposite to how I run my campaign. Rather than I (as the DM) designing it all, I let my players browse through the Complete books and other supplements and tell me what they want to play.So, if a player wants to be a Shadow Dancer, I then determine the role of the Shadow Dancers in the campaign world. (They're a secret order of Xan Yae followers). Thus, the campaign is enriched by a decision made by my players: I don't have to do it all. Of course, if an idea is totally against the themes of my campaign, I don't allow it.With respect to the world-building material you want (roles of fighters, clerics and suchlike), some of that is addressed in the Complete series, but mostly it is supporting the core D&amp;D experience.Thus, the Complete Warrior gives ideas for how a fantasy war might be conducted and the role of the PCs in that war - and indeed, quite a few mission ideas - but it's by no means a major part of the book. It's covered sufficiently for my purposes at the moment, though.As I recall, Complete Divine has ideas for missions (quests) the clerics of various deities may be sent on, and broad tips on church organisations, but the day-to-day business of conducting services and so forth is not covered. One reason for that is that such business is not the stuff of great adventures. It's certainly true that the 3e game is written to support heroic adventures, and the background material is not covered in great detail.Cheers!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MerricB, post: 1839241, member: 3586"] Yes: the front cover of each of these books proclaims "A Player's Guide to..." They're not meant to be books for DMs - well, not primarily, though DMs can make use of the material within, and there are sections that greatly aid the DM in adventure preparation. That's the opposite to how I run my campaign. Rather than I (as the DM) designing it all, I let my players browse through the Complete books and other supplements and tell me what they want to play. So, if a player wants to be a Shadow Dancer, I then determine the role of the Shadow Dancers in the campaign world. (They're a secret order of Xan Yae followers). Thus, the campaign is enriched by a decision made by my players: I don't have to do it all. Of course, if an idea is totally against the themes of my campaign, I don't allow it. With respect to the world-building material you want (roles of fighters, clerics and suchlike), some of that is addressed in the Complete series, but mostly it is supporting the core D&D experience. Thus, the Complete Warrior gives ideas for how a fantasy war might be conducted and the role of the PCs in that war - and indeed, quite a few mission ideas - but it's by no means a major part of the book. It's covered sufficiently for my purposes at the moment, though. As I recall, Complete Divine has ideas for missions (quests) the clerics of various deities may be sent on, and broad tips on church organisations, but the day-to-day business of conducting services and so forth is not covered. One reason for that is that such business is [i]not[/i] the stuff of great adventures. It's certainly true that the 3e game is written to support heroic adventures, and the background material is not covered in great detail. Cheers! [/QUOTE]

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