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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 2349369" data-attributes="member: 32740">Yes and no.&nbsp; These things are released along the lines of certain themes, races, classes, etc.&nbsp; If it doesn't even fit well with the book for which it's been written it's not likely to work well for use in a less specific game.&nbsp; Where I think the problem comes in is it's all getting horrifyingly scattershot.&nbsp; Everyone just pumps out rules by the metric buttload and rather than TRULY FIT them into a game before submitting them for approval by the general public they simply shovel it out there under the assumption that somebody might like SOMEthing about it.&nbsp;I know _I_ don't buy this shovelware (for that's truly what it seems like to me).&nbsp; Just because someone else is less discriminating about their purchases doesn't mean any of it relates to the Core Rules in a significant fashion.&nbsp; What should be stressed repeatedly with this stuff is that it's OPTIONAL.&nbsp; You buy it, and apply it at your own risk no matter how interrelated each of the books might be.&nbsp; Similarly when it's discussed it should ALWAYS be from the standpoint not of GAME rules but of HOUSE rules, because that is the niche they are occupying.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 2349369, member: 32740"] Yes and no. These things are released along the lines of certain themes, races, classes, etc. If it doesn't even fit well with the book for which it's been written it's not likely to work well for use in a less specific game. Where I think the problem comes in is it's all getting horrifyingly scattershot. Everyone just pumps out rules by the metric buttload and rather than TRULY FIT them into a game before submitting them for approval by the general public they simply shovel it out there under the assumption that somebody might like SOMEthing about it. I know _I_ don't buy this shovelware (for that's truly what it seems like to me). Just because someone else is less discriminating about their purchases doesn't mean any of it relates to the Core Rules in a significant fashion. What should be stressed repeatedly with this stuff is that it's OPTIONAL. You buy it, and apply it at your own risk no matter how interrelated each of the books might be. Similarly when it's discussed it should ALWAYS be from the standpoint not of GAME rules but of HOUSE rules, because that is the niche they are occupying. [/QUOTE]

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