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<blockquote data-quote="Katana_Geldar" data-source="post: 5420672" data-attributes="member: 85476"><p>I'm about to go to bed, and seing the sheet tomorrow but I'll respond to a few comments.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><strong>This</strong> is what I am going to suggest to my fellow DM if we decide to go ahead. His turn at the campaign is a lot more fluid than mine so we have had time to experiment and improv within it. By the time I get back to the chair I think this may be resolved.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Not downunder, mate. As the books are imported from the states they are about <strong>$40 each</strong>. that's not the sort of investment I make lightly.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>It's not a trust thing, and it's certainly not the first or last time I have limited content. We set up boundaries for content just so we can have some control over what the players <strong>do use</strong> and make sure it comes from somewhere we have access to.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>I feel that I do need to know the fundamentals of the class, maybe not enough to roll one but enough to know what the bloke is doing with his character and how that affects what I do, both as a player and a DM.</p><p> </p><p>Personally, I have found that character sheets tend to be lacking in description in regards to feats and class features, and this magic schools thing is starting to scare me a little.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We don't have Net access where we usually game to our eternal displeasure.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Try $40 AU. <strong>Each</strong>. </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Problem is, we allow one guy to use Essentials, even just the mage, then it potentially opens the floodgates to everyone, even after we told them we were not interested in using it. <strong>And the group agreed with this sentiment.</strong> This guy is a favourite player of mine and he's coming back after a break, I'm not making any special exceptions to him. But I am giving the same chance that I would give any other player when they want to do something different. </p><p> </p><p>It's not the first time I bent backwards, one guy wanted to play a clone in a SW campaign and I had to fit it into a very specific niche to fit with the campaign style (smugglers). And we had a better campaign because of it.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>An interesting point, and I'll bear it in mind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Katana_Geldar, post: 5420672, member: 85476"] I'm about to go to bed, and seing the sheet tomorrow but I'll respond to a few comments. [B]This[/B] is what I am going to suggest to my fellow DM if we decide to go ahead. His turn at the campaign is a lot more fluid than mine so we have had time to experiment and improv within it. By the time I get back to the chair I think this may be resolved. Not downunder, mate. As the books are imported from the states they are about [B]$40 each[/B]. that's not the sort of investment I make lightly. It's not a trust thing, and it's certainly not the first or last time I have limited content. We set up boundaries for content just so we can have some control over what the players [B]do use[/B] and make sure it comes from somewhere we have access to. I feel that I do need to know the fundamentals of the class, maybe not enough to roll one but enough to know what the bloke is doing with his character and how that affects what I do, both as a player and a DM. Personally, I have found that character sheets tend to be lacking in description in regards to feats and class features, and this magic schools thing is starting to scare me a little. We don't have Net access where we usually game to our eternal displeasure. Try $40 AU. [B]Each[/B]. Problem is, we allow one guy to use Essentials, even just the mage, then it potentially opens the floodgates to everyone, even after we told them we were not interested in using it. [B]And the group agreed with this sentiment.[/B] This guy is a favourite player of mine and he's coming back after a break, I'm not making any special exceptions to him. But I am giving the same chance that I would give any other player when they want to do something different. It's not the first time I bent backwards, one guy wanted to play a clone in a SW campaign and I had to fit it into a very specific niche to fit with the campaign style (smugglers). And we had a better campaign because of it. An interesting point, and I'll bear it in mind. [/QUOTE]
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