Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Grabuto138" data-source="post: 5707413" data-attributes="member: 61053">Don't get hung up on the &quot;essentials&quot; description. Today a former druid had mad fun playing a Tri-keen slayer fighter. The party was a Mul battlerage fighter, halfling cunning rogue, Genasi taclord, Human (essentials) enchanter mage, and said slayer. The essentials classes integrate seemlessly (as I have experienced on many occasions.) Honestly, I think they integrate better than the psionic classes.&nbsp;In my experience, and I speak only for myself, the essentials classes work just fine with the rest of the game and the &quot;core/essentials&quot; divide is much adu about nothing. Every book gives you more options. This includes the essentials books.&nbsp;If your players use the DDI, I think the best policy is just let the players use whatever, limited by your campaign restrictions for flavor. If not, the essentials books are a good value with some good options. They are not, however, fundamentally different or disruptive. If you are willing to accept the PH3 there is no reason to reject the &quot;essentials&quot; books.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grabuto138, post: 5707413, member: 61053"] Don't get hung up on the "essentials" description. Today a former druid had mad fun playing a Tri-keen slayer fighter. The party was a Mul battlerage fighter, halfling cunning rogue, Genasi taclord, Human (essentials) enchanter mage, and said slayer. The essentials classes integrate seemlessly (as I have experienced on many occasions.) Honestly, I think they integrate better than the psionic classes. In my experience, and I speak only for myself, the essentials classes work just fine with the rest of the game and the "core/essentials" divide is much adu about nothing. Every book gives you more options. This includes the essentials books. If your players use the DDI, I think the best policy is just let the players use whatever, limited by your campaign restrictions for flavor. If not, the essentials books are a good value with some good options. They are not, however, fundamentally different or disruptive. If you are willing to accept the PH3 there is no reason to reject the "essentials" books. [/QUOTE]

Verification