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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 2643118" data-attributes="member: 158">Shaman, if you're going to let one person's opinion drive you from the forum, we'll miss you, but  I'm a bit amazed you'd let it get to you.Razz, I can't tell if you're being somewhat facetious, but if you aren't I hope you get a chance in the future to experience something similar to the fantastic games that I have experienced, using only three core books, or at most a limited subset. Your example of the Beholder with sorcerer levels is a bit simplistic, because not only should a DM not let the players know every trick up a monster's sleeve, there's also a lot more that a monster, or NPC can do to make life interesting.Do you honestly know what the blue-skinned demon with tentacles for arms and just won't die actually is? Or were you aware at all times when a DM uses a different description tacked on to the troll stats to liven things up? Must a PC fighter have the option for Leap Attack and Deft Opportunist in order to be interesting? Do you call foul if the NPC raises a mountain of leaping fire to escape pursuit, despite the fact that he used Limited Wish or Wish to enact it? If you find it boring, then more power to you, and I hope that WotC is producing what you need (or some 3rd party company is if WotC isn't), but there's a lot more to core-only games than just, "Yawn, another beholder with sorcerer levels."</blockquote>