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<blockquote data-quote="Benjamin Olson" data-source="post: 8753406" data-attributes="member: 6988941">I do feel like the Tasha's alternate class rules really undermined the core simplicity of the game, as did adding a whole class not in the PHB, in a way that nothing else really did. Either you have to ban the book, or have it with you when you run or (for some classes) play in a game. And the attempt to softly rewrite things like the race system meant I haven't really felt like we were in a coherent system since Tasha's came out.All the added races, subclasses, spells, and feats over the years naturally did their part as well, but those were generally much more a situation where the new player options could be digested by a DM as they came up. A player might want Xanathar's guide, but playing your first character without it or any content it added would not put you at any substantial disadvantage. Playing some of the classes without Tasha's optional features puts your character at a serious disadvantage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Benjamin Olson, post: 8753406, member: 6988941"] I do feel like the Tasha's alternate class rules really undermined the core simplicity of the game, as did adding a whole class not in the PHB, in a way that nothing else really did. Either you have to ban the book, or have it with you when you run or (for some classes) play in a game. And the attempt to softly rewrite things like the race system meant I haven't really felt like we were in a coherent system since Tasha's came out. All the added races, subclasses, spells, and feats over the years naturally did their part as well, but those were [I]generally[/I] much more a situation where the new player options could be digested by a DM as they came up. A player might [I]want[/I] Xanathar's guide, but playing your first character without it or any content it added would not put you at any substantial disadvantage. Playing some of the classes without Tasha's optional features puts your character at a serious disadvantage. [/QUOTE]

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