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Is the "official D&D product" really that big a deal?
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<blockquote data-quote="Glyfair" data-source="post: 3583218" data-attributes="member: 53"><p>Personally, I tend to buy almost all WotC products (for D&D). I used to buy almost everything but found that I never used the 3rd party bits in my game (there are a few exceptions - monster books and adventures). WotC has an internal balance in it. It's not perfect, but I find that 3rd party products work far less smoothly with the baseline than WotC products.</p><p></p><p>Also, like Crothian, we are playing almost exclusively in Eberron. If I was running in Kingdoms of Kalamar things might be different.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Also, it's much easier to find players who have WotC products. For example, I strongly encouraged the <em>Book of Eldritch Might</em> as a source for my game. No choose to use it, mostly because they didn't own it. The WotC books don't have that problem.</p><p></p><p>For the record, my campaign policy has always been that I'll consider any 3rd party rule. No one has even asked.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glyfair, post: 3583218, member: 53"] Personally, I tend to buy almost all WotC products (for D&D). I used to buy almost everything but found that I never used the 3rd party bits in my game (there are a few exceptions - monster books and adventures). WotC has an internal balance in it. It's not perfect, but I find that 3rd party products work far less smoothly with the baseline than WotC products. Also, like Crothian, we are playing almost exclusively in Eberron. If I was running in Kingdoms of Kalamar things might be different. Also, it's much easier to find players who have WotC products. For example, I strongly encouraged the [I]Book of Eldritch Might[/I] as a source for my game. No choose to use it, mostly because they didn't own it. The WotC books don't have that problem. For the record, my campaign policy has always been that I'll consider any 3rd party rule. No one has even asked. [/QUOTE]
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