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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shadow145" data-source="post: 1139977" data-attributes="member: 10718">New DM Here,In response to Psion's request, I'll comment.  I've been DMing D&D for less than a year, and GMed a little Star Wars before that (maybe a year's worth).  I am mostly running the game because we needed somone to run it, and I have a good job and can afford supplements and such.  Anyhow, because of time constraints I only run published adventures, with the occasional random encounter created by myself or from outside sources (En Route rocks).  My players are mostly the kick in the door, kill the orc, disable the trap get the gold and XP type, with a wee bit of roleplaying thrown in with the purpose of making the above easier.  Okay now you have background on my campaign, here's my policy on "Official".I typically let players use anything they can purchase off the shelves or PDF's.  Why?  Because they spent money.  I've been burned buying stuff and never being able to use it, and I would hate to do that to someone else.  Most of my players don't have full-time jobs, and buying a book is a big deal.  Also they usually check with me or even ask my recommendation before buying.  I do reserve the right to step in and disallow something that is blatantly overpowered.  I've only had to do that a few times.  Our campaign is loose enough that as long as something isn't insane it's not going to have a major effect.  In fact, for my players, it even makes it a little more fun.  As for what I use, I will use anything that is easy to insert.  I especially like new monsters.  Several of my players are experienced or DM's themselves and there is nothing more annoying then having them run into a creature already knowing what it can do and predicting it's abilities (That's a Troll!  Burn it!).  Anyhow, a newbie point of view.Wow, things are getting a bit too hot here for me.  I'm outtie here.  But first...attempt to hijack the thread  to give people better things to do than throw insults:  Will the BOEF be official or balanced?  Debate on!     <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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