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<blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 8413831" data-attributes="member: 6775477">I think there's been an adjustment in the way people view the game though. In AD&amp;D 1E, all books and Sage Advice were RAW, and the DM was expected to keep up on everything, an impossibility pre-internet (not to mention the weird complexity of the books themselves). In 2E they made a few things more optional, but Sage Advice was still considered RAW IIRC. I know that late into 3E, &quot;core only&quot; became very popular, but I still seem to remember a lot of online rule changes. 4E was nightmarish, because they went back to the &quot;everything is core&quot; that 1E used, making it impossible to keep up, even WITH the internet.I think 5E has the best setup, despite a lot of complaints to the contrary. Sage Advice is nothing more than suggested ruling by the devs, rather than official changes, and they've kept the errata to a bare minimum. It's pretty clear that everything is optional, even the core rulebooks. I greatly dislike the changes 5E is moving towards, but I can simply choose to ignore them. As long as the new casters still have the &quot;character is a X level caster&quot; text, I can work backwards to use it correctly by my view. If the new &quot;rules update&quot; doesn't work with my style of gaming, I'll just continue to use what we have now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shiroiken, post: 8413831, member: 6775477"] I think there's been an adjustment in the way people view the game though. In AD&D 1E, all books and Sage Advice were RAW, and the DM was expected to keep up on everything, an impossibility pre-internet (not to mention the weird complexity of the books themselves). In 2E they made a few things more optional, but Sage Advice was still considered RAW IIRC. I know that late into 3E, "core only" became very popular, but I still seem to remember a lot of online rule changes. 4E was nightmarish, because they went back to the "everything is core" that 1E used, making it impossible to keep up, even WITH the internet. I think 5E has the best setup, despite a lot of complaints to the contrary. Sage Advice is nothing more than suggested ruling by the devs, rather than official changes, and they've kept the errata to a bare minimum. It's pretty clear that everything is optional, even the core rulebooks. I greatly dislike the changes 5E is moving towards, but I can simply choose to ignore them. As long as the new casters still have the "character is a X level caster" text, I can work backwards to use it correctly by my view. If the new "rules update" doesn't work with my style of gaming, I'll just continue to use what we have now. [/QUOTE]

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