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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RandomPrecision" data-source="post: 2106871" data-attributes="member: 29267"><p>You don't have to use every single class.  I probably wouldn't allow every class in my games.  If someone had a 3rd-party book they found in the back of a rare books store, and wanted to use a class from it, I'd probably look at it, but strongly urge them to play a different class.  The standard 11 classes can represent pretty much any character concept, and with the prestige classes in the DMG, you can carefully approximate even more characters.  On the other hand, if a player is truly interested in making a divine character, I might suggest/allow a base or prestige class from the Complete Divine.  Same for Complete Arcane/Complete Warrior/Complete Adventurer.  If none of my PCs are interested in controlling undead, then Libris Mortis is effective primarily for monsters to throw in front of them (there is the occasional anti-undead class or item that I might borrow from it, but if the campaign doesn't focus on undead, I simply wouldn't use that book).  However, if I have characters who are intrigued by the notion of commanding undead, or possibly being undead, I'll use some of the rules, spells, classes, and creatures within.  I just omit irrelevant books.  Since my parties seem to have alignments with more shades of grey than 50's television, I usually don't use anything from BoED or BoVD.  And furthermore, if you simply don't want the extra options, don't allow them at all.  It's perfectly acceptable to use only the three core books.  If one of the PC's wants to use something from another book, too bad.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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