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<blockquote data-quote="Aria Silverhands" data-source="post: 4224725" data-attributes="member: 66086">...If the rules were written intelligently with a conservative outlook on what's allowed in campaigns, then the DM wouldn't have to say no in the first place, thus they would not look mean.&nbsp; So yes, it is a fault of the book that DM's who have to houserule stuff and say no are made to look mean.&nbsp; D&amp;D isn't just about high magic / high fantasy settings.&nbsp; It has the capability to be used for a variety of campaigns and WotC should have went middle of the road.&nbsp; That would allow the default setting to be a magic is uncommon points of light campaign where items are wondrous and you'll most likely only find them adventuring or very rarely from specific merchants.&nbsp; Then if the DM's wanted, they could give double standard treasure for magic rich campaigns and have the magic shops.&nbsp; Or the DM could abolish all magic items, reduce npc stats by the threshold and poof.&nbsp; Low to no magic.&nbsp; Very easy and more appealing to a variety of gamers instead of just the magic rich gamers.And if the rules were written to be a little more conservative... you know middle of the road, guess what?! The DM's would not have to say no to a half dozen things every game.&nbsp; The DM's that want the overabundant magic item crap would be able to say, yes you can get that and the DM's that want a normal game could stick to the rules and not have to say no.Yeah, let's punish all the dm's that have campaigns they have been running for years because they want to keep running those campaigns and maybe find some new players or something.&nbsp; Let's punish dm's and provide players with an even bigger sense of entitlement that is already way out of control.&nbsp; I'm sick of players that whine because I won't allow them to use the latest splatbook with the next arms race upgrade to feats and powers and prc's.&nbsp; My campaign setting, my rules.&nbsp; I don't need craptastic splatbooks from WotC ruining my setting.Yeah, because high magic automatically means &quot;fun&quot;. Give me a break.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aria Silverhands, post: 4224725, member: 66086"] ... If the rules were written intelligently with a conservative outlook on what's allowed in campaigns, then the DM wouldn't have to say no in the first place, thus they would not look mean. So yes, it is a fault of the book that DM's who have to houserule stuff and say no are made to look mean. D&D isn't just about high magic / high fantasy settings. It has the capability to be used for a variety of campaigns and WotC should have went middle of the road. That would allow the default setting to be a magic is uncommon points of light campaign where items are wondrous and you'll most likely only find them adventuring or very rarely from specific merchants. Then if the DM's wanted, they could give double standard treasure for magic rich campaigns and have the magic shops. Or the DM could abolish all magic items, reduce npc stats by the threshold and poof. Low to no magic. Very easy and more appealing to a variety of gamers instead of just the magic rich gamers. And if the rules were written to be a little more conservative... you know middle of the road, guess what?! The DM's would not have to say no to a half dozen things every game. The DM's that want the overabundant magic item crap would be able to say, yes you can get that and the DM's that want a normal game could stick to the rules and not have to say no. Yeah, let's punish all the dm's that have campaigns they have been running for years because they want to keep running those campaigns and maybe find some new players or something. Let's punish dm's and provide players with an even bigger sense of entitlement that is already way out of control. I'm sick of players that whine because I won't allow them to use the latest splatbook with the next arms race upgrade to feats and powers and prc's. My campaign setting, my rules. I don't need craptastic splatbooks from WotC ruining my setting. Yeah, because high magic automatically means "fun". Give me a break. [/QUOTE]

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