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<blockquote data-quote="GQuail" data-source="post: 2743711" data-attributes="member: 30709">&lt;nods&gt; My players were mostly D&amp;D beginners (or at least, hadn't played in ages) when my campaign started a year and a half ago, so they stuck with core rules spells to start with.&nbsp; But now, the Druid player has really gotten into looking up other books for relevant spells: Frostburn and Magic of Faerun have become his constant companions.&nbsp; :&gt;But, yes, it can be a problem from both a balance point of view (&quot;how come the druid has custom spells when we're in the snow environment for free?&quot;) and just a time point of view.&nbsp; (It's not as bad as looking through X sourcebooks and magazines, but an extra huge book with nothing but spells is going to make spell choices take longer.)I'd be less worried for the secondary casters like Rangers or Paladins: but for Clerics and Druids, perhaps imposing a more &quot;themed&quot; spell selection is the order of the day?&nbsp; Draconomicon spells are only available to, say, priests of dragon cults, races with draconic ties (like Kobolds) or people with Dragons in some way in their background. (Perhaps elves in your campaign setting have dragon steeds for their aristocracy, or summut.)I saw someone post here before that they only allow spells from non-core books like the BoVD or LM if the players actually find copies of these aforementioned books.&nbsp; Less practical for the Spell Compendium, unless your players come across Tenser's Tertiary Tome.&nbsp; :&gt;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GQuail, post: 2743711, member: 30709"] <nods> My players were mostly D&D beginners (or at least, hadn't played in ages) when my campaign started a year and a half ago, so they stuck with core rules spells to start with. But now, the Druid player has really gotten into looking up other books for relevant spells: Frostburn and Magic of Faerun have become his constant companions. :> But, yes, it can be a problem from both a balance point of view ("how come the druid has custom spells when we're in the snow environment for free?") and just a time point of view. (It's not as bad as looking through X sourcebooks and magazines, but an extra huge book with nothing but spells is going to make spell choices take longer.) I'd be less worried for the secondary casters like Rangers or Paladins: but for Clerics and Druids, perhaps imposing a more "themed" spell selection is the order of the day? Draconomicon spells are only available to, say, priests of dragon cults, races with draconic ties (like Kobolds) or people with Dragons in some way in their background. (Perhaps elves in your campaign setting have dragon steeds for their aristocracy, or summut.) I saw someone post here before that they only allow spells from non-core books like the BoVD or LM if the players actually find copies of these aforementioned books. Less practical for the Spell Compendium, unless your players come across Tenser's Tertiary Tome. :> [/QUOTE]

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