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<blockquote data-quote="Wulf Ratbane" data-source="post: 1567090" data-attributes="member: 94">This attitude is extremely prevalent, and is definitely a contributing factor to poor 3rd party sales. I empathize with this approach (I have used it myself, until I realized I was missing out on some really good 3rd party stuff), but on the other hand, when I DM, I know exactly where to draw the line: with me. It's official if I say it's official.Anything else is abdicating your responsibility as the DM. &quot;Well, I don't want players asking me all the time if they can use this rule or that rule...&quot;Is it really so much harder to say, &quot;You can use only WOTC products, so don't ask about anything else,&quot; as it is to say, &quot;You can use only products that I have put on this list, so don't ask about anything else.&quot;I mean, do you play only WOTC adventures, because they are the only official adventures? Do you have the confidence to create your own adventures? I'd wager to say that adventures are some of the least playtested products out there, and that's really where the rubber hits the road.Wulf</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wulf Ratbane, post: 1567090, member: 94"] This attitude is extremely prevalent, and is definitely a contributing factor to poor 3rd party sales. I empathize with this approach (I have used it myself, until I realized I was missing out on some really good 3rd party stuff), but on the other hand, when I DM, I know exactly where to draw the line: with [i]me.[/i] It's official if I say it's official. Anything else is abdicating your responsibility as the DM. "Well, I don't want players asking me all the time if they can use this rule or that rule..." Is it really so much harder to say, "You can use only WOTC products, so don't ask about anything else," as it is to say, "You can use only products that I have put on this list, so don't ask about anything else." I mean, do you play only WOTC adventures, because they are the only [i]official[/i] adventures? Do you have the confidence to create your own adventures? I'd wager to say that adventures are some of the least playtested products out there, and that's really where the rubber hits the road. Wulf [/QUOTE]

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