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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 3267596" data-attributes="member: 114">I don't think it was designed to be played 'as written', but for different reasons to Odhanan.Why?Because I compare it with AD&D (1e), which was laced through with dire warnings that you change any of the rules contained therein at your peril! That was designed to be played 'as written' and woe betide anyone who did otherwise <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Of course, most of us probably changed what we fancied anyway.By contrast, 3e was a breath of fresh air - reading rule books that expressly expect and encourage the DM to change things to suit their game. Written right there in the books!Extensions within the 3e framework are relatively easy, changes to fundamentals of the framework are relatively harder because of the greater interconnectivity of the rules. But the fact is the 3e rules expect and allow - nay encourage - gamers to NOT play 'as written', but to make the changes they want to for greater fun.Cheers</blockquote>