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Message: <blockquote data-quote="maddman75" data-source="post: 1139611" data-attributes="member: 2673">That's about as far from what I percieve a RPG as as you can get.  The DM is in the business of crafting worlds.  It very much is his place to say what is or is not appropriate for his campaign!How can the DM 'pull' something from a third party source, I don't get that.  What about the time honored tradition of just making stuff up?  Does every effect have to come from a spell somewhere, or can you just handwave that the Dark Knight cannot be harmed until his Golden Helm is destroyed?As far as third party material goes, my rule is anything outside the core has to be ran by me first.  Every feat, every spell, I'll let you know if they're okay.  trusting to 'official' to keep things balanced is way out there.  IIRC, with the exception of the 3.0 PHB, the stuff from Sword and Sorcery is more heavily playtested than the stuff from WotC.  The idea that wizards stuff is always better is simply incorrect.And what exactly does official mean?  To mean it means nothing, or 'what the DM says is okay to use in his game.'  Baraendur, I'd like to second psion's question.  When you say "dragon is official", what does that mean?</blockquote>