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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 3589448" data-attributes="member: 48965">And you agreed, by saying yes, to allow the psionics rules into YOUR campaign.  Now if he goes to another campaign with a different DM is that character automatically acceptable to play...no. Definitely not if the DM is only using the 3 corebooks.  So the player didn't add it...you allowed it in your game.  You keep dancing around the issue...how does this setup, in any way, affect the type of game you would like to play?  You're right, it's not the only game in the universe, and in my mind having a less complex game only brings WotC more money, especially if you can add the complexity and tactical minutae others enjoy...it's called the best of both worlds.  I can't comment on their reasons, but I will say this is the first time in D&D's history that it is competing with numerous games based upon it's d20 and OGL system(s).  Gamers have more options in a familiar rules set than they've ever had before...this wasn't the case when 3.0 and 3.5 first came out.  I think the true test will be D&D 4th, it will already face loosing part of it's player base that refuses to switch over...but now it's also competing with systems such as True20, C&C, BFRPG, etc.  where it can loose even more of it's fanbase.  IMHO if their wasn't a demand for simplification and streamlining in the D&D rules, I don't think so many companies would have jumped on that particular bandwagon.  The problem is D&D is the most recognized rpg...even when I played C&C with people at work for the first time, I told them we'd be playing D&D and they automatically had an idea of what the game would be like.  In the end you shouldn't cater to everyone with any product...unless it can be done in a way that is inclusive to the target you want to reach anyway, and that's what my suggested model is all about.</blockquote>

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