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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Petrosian" data-source="post: 814983" data-attributes="member: 1149">i change rules as i see fit.I usually end up changing things for two reasons...1. the balance seems inappropriate for my campaign.2. the rule does not add the proper flavor for my campaign.I view both of these as part of the same phenomenon...A punlished rulebook is a set of rules intended for broader market appeal... they are compromises to appeal to a broader swath of potential buyers. This goes even as far as the setting specific stuff.I know the story/campaign i want to play.I know the preferences of my players.I know the specifics of their characters and character's backgrounds.I know all of these much better and in more detail than the guys who wrote that rulebook for mass market who never met me or my players.Therefore, i do not expect the rules to be a perfect fit.balance and flavor are very dependent on those things I know that the designers did not.So, where I see fit, i change things.Now, when i change things, i post it ahead of time. My players are informed. I also do my best to make these changes before the campaign starts and hold the mid-campaign switches to smaller things if any at all.</blockquote>