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Do you mix'n'match Essentials with standard 4e?
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<blockquote data-quote="caudor" data-source="post: 5588711" data-attributes="member: 8367"><p>Mix and match...with worries.</p><p></p><p>I'm open to allowing players to select any class they want. However, when they do choose a non-essentials PC, I'm faced with grappling with all that errata. Yuck, I'm not even sure if I have the numbers right most of the time. My errata kung fu is weak.</p><p></p><p>It is this whole errata thing (the sheer bulk of it), that turns me off. I like the Class Compendium articles because they make using older classes easier, but still....classes like Bard, Barbarian, and others may never see Class Compendium updates.</p><p></p><p>In the end, the rift between core and essentials has left a big rift in my mind. If they went through and updated every classes published before essentials, I'd be happy, but I don't think that is going to happen.</p><p></p><p>But I'm not going to restrict my players because of hassles it creates for me. I just hate when my books become obsolete and are not reprinted (or even updated) in some form.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="caudor, post: 5588711, member: 8367"] Mix and match...with worries. I'm open to allowing players to select any class they want. However, when they do choose a non-essentials PC, I'm faced with grappling with all that errata. Yuck, I'm not even sure if I have the numbers right most of the time. My errata kung fu is weak. It is this whole errata thing (the sheer bulk of it), that turns me off. I like the Class Compendium articles because they make using older classes easier, but still....classes like Bard, Barbarian, and others may never see Class Compendium updates. In the end, the rift between core and essentials has left a big rift in my mind. If they went through and updated every classes published before essentials, I'd be happy, but I don't think that is going to happen. But I'm not going to restrict my players because of hassles it creates for me. I just hate when my books become obsolete and are not reprinted (or even updated) in some form. [/QUOTE]
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