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<blockquote data-quote="Tequila Sunrise" data-source="post: 5219171" data-attributes="member: 40398"><p>How we do what particular things?</p><p></p><p>I can tell you that I don't ban anything based on source, even though I don't get DDI. I've heard some of it is cheesy, but nothing game-breaking has popped up at the table yet. I love being able to say "Anything goes!" and be fairly confident in the game's balance.</p><p></p><p>Although to be honest, I don't like that some options are DDI-exclusive. What, buying actual books isn't good enough anymore? WotC needs to dangle even more carrots for us to buy a monthly service that may or may not be completely rebooted with 5e?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Well the decline in house ruling isn't <em>directly</em> attributable to the CB, but it definitely <em>is</em> responsible at least in part.</p><p></p><p>The CB is like the first printing presses to appear. It's a kind of monolithic living entity that subtly moves everyone toward standardization. For most gamers I know, it's a simple case of "Well, I suppose I could house rule, but the CB already does everything for me...so in order to house rule, I'd have to actually write stuff down...so, meh, why bother?"</p><p></p><p>The CB even puts subtle pressure on DMs like me, who don't like the game exactly as it is. As I said earlier, I use a few house rules, but the CB doesn't have options for most of them. So my players have to fiddle around with the software to create 'back door' house rule options. My players rarely complain about my house rules--because they mostly benefit the PCs--but I feel bad making them fiddle around with the software all the same.</p><p></p><p>I've considered a No CB rule for my campaigns, just to cut out my players' growing dependance on it, but they <em>are</em> paying for it. And we round-robin DM, so even if I banned CB character sheets, they'd still use it for our other campaigns.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Agreed.</p><p></p><p>Though I do have one player who really <em>should</em> use the CB. He's very dyslexic, and still can't remember basic concepts like the 'half-level to attacks, defenses and skills' rule. I'm not sure if it's his dyslexia, or the fact that D&D isn't his game of choice. The other players have offered to share their CB subs with him, but he refuses for some reason. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/ponder.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hmm:" title="Hmmm :hmm:" data-shortname=":hmm:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tequila Sunrise, post: 5219171, member: 40398"] How we do what particular things? I can tell you that I don't ban anything based on source, even though I don't get DDI. I've heard some of it is cheesy, but nothing game-breaking has popped up at the table yet. I love being able to say "Anything goes!" and be fairly confident in the game's balance. Although to be honest, I don't like that some options are DDI-exclusive. What, buying actual books isn't good enough anymore? WotC needs to dangle even more carrots for us to buy a monthly service that may or may not be completely rebooted with 5e? Well the decline in house ruling isn't [I]directly[/I] attributable to the CB, but it definitely [I]is[/I] responsible at least in part. The CB is like the first printing presses to appear. It's a kind of monolithic living entity that subtly moves everyone toward standardization. For most gamers I know, it's a simple case of "Well, I suppose I could house rule, but the CB already does everything for me...so in order to house rule, I'd have to actually write stuff down...so, meh, why bother?" The CB even puts subtle pressure on DMs like me, who don't like the game exactly as it is. As I said earlier, I use a few house rules, but the CB doesn't have options for most of them. So my players have to fiddle around with the software to create 'back door' house rule options. My players rarely complain about my house rules--because they mostly benefit the PCs--but I feel bad making them fiddle around with the software all the same. I've considered a No CB rule for my campaigns, just to cut out my players' growing dependance on it, but they [I]are[/I] paying for it. And we round-robin DM, so even if I banned CB character sheets, they'd still use it for our other campaigns. Agreed. Though I do have one player who really [I]should[/I] use the CB. He's very dyslexic, and still can't remember basic concepts like the 'half-level to attacks, defenses and skills' rule. I'm not sure if it's his dyslexia, or the fact that D&D isn't his game of choice. The other players have offered to share their CB subs with him, but he refuses for some reason. :hmm: [/QUOTE]
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