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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 6013056" data-attributes="member: 4937">I suppose if you play stock 3.X, but I don't.&nbsp;&nbsp; The equivalent party in my 3e variant would be perfectly fine so long as they played together as a team.&nbsp; Honestly, I've never ran or played at a table that didn't have at least some house rules, and often extensive house rules.&nbsp; I DM as if the official rules are merely the house rules of some other DM, and consider that if my game is unbalanced it isn't primarily the designer's fault but rather mine. If the adventure is not good, even if it came from a can and has someone else's name on it, it is still my fault.&nbsp; And while I like prepared adventures as well as I like prepared food, for its convienance and sometimes quality (I can't make cheese as good as I could buy, for example), what person who takes pride in what they present to others doesn't add their own personal touches?The DM is supreme at his own table.&nbsp; He need bow to no other DM, even a professional one.&nbsp; Instead, he has toward the professional DM the respect of one DM to another in the craft.&nbsp; He hopes to learn from that DM, but would be willing to teach if the oppurtunity presented itself.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 6013056, member: 4937"] I suppose if you play stock 3.X, but I don't. The equivalent party in my 3e variant would be perfectly fine so long as they played together as a team. Honestly, I've never ran or played at a table that didn't have at least some house rules, and often extensive house rules. I DM as if the official rules are merely the house rules of some other DM, and consider that if my game is unbalanced it isn't primarily the designer's fault but rather mine. If the adventure is not good, even if it came from a can and has someone else's name on it, it is still my fault. And while I like prepared adventures as well as I like prepared food, for its convienance and sometimes quality (I can't make cheese as good as I could buy, for example), what person who takes pride in what they present to others doesn't add their own personal touches? The DM is supreme at his own table. He need bow to no other DM, even a professional one. Instead, he has toward the professional DM the respect of one DM to another in the craft. He hopes to learn from that DM, but would be willing to teach if the oppurtunity presented itself. [/QUOTE]

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