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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6188932" data-attributes="member: 7006">It all comes down to this:It doesn't matter in the slightest what appears in the first set of PH/DMG/MM books, because a Dungeon Master controls the personal campaign he is going to run.If he says &quot;No warforged&quot;, then the campaign has no warfrged.&nbsp; Regardless if they get statted in the first 5E PH.&nbsp; That's the perk of being the Dungeon Master.&nbsp; You get to make these declarative statements because it's your campaign.But what is always the ridiculous counter-argument that gets given to this?&nbsp; That a particular player on these boards doesn't want to have to be the bad guy and make these declarative statements... they'd rather that the books only include that which they want to use.&nbsp; That way anything a potential player says they want to play is a-okay with them.But you know what is bass-ackwards about this theory?&nbsp; The very first time a second book comes out... those options are now going to be ones that potential players are going to ask to play.&nbsp; Which means the DM will have to tell them &quot;Sorry... this campaign only uses stuff from the first Player's Handbook.&quot;Which is EXACTLY the same sort of &quot;declarative statement&quot; they didn't want to make the first time.&nbsp; So they're okay with making those statements after book 2, but not after book 1?&nbsp; Nope.&nbsp; Sorry.Thus... the counter-argument is ridiculous and should not be used to strike out potential information from the first set of books.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6188932, member: 7006"] It all comes down to this: It doesn't matter [I]in the slightest[/I] what appears in the first set of PH/DMG/MM books, because a Dungeon Master controls the personal campaign he is going to run. If he says "No warforged", then the campaign has no warfrged. Regardless if they get statted in the first 5E PH. That's the perk of being the Dungeon Master. You get to make these declarative statements because it's your campaign. But what is always the ridiculous counter-argument that gets given to this? That a particular player on these boards doesn't want to have to be the bad guy and make these declarative statements... they'd rather that the books only include that which they want to use. That way anything a potential player says they want to play is a-okay with them. But you know what is bass-ackwards about this theory? The very first time a second book comes out... those options are now going to be ones that potential players are going to ask to play. Which means the DM will have to tell them "Sorry... this campaign only uses stuff from the first Player's Handbook." Which is EXACTLY the same sort of "declarative statement" they didn't want to make the first time. So they're okay with making those statements after book 2, but not after book 1? Nope. Sorry. Thus... the counter-argument is ridiculous and should not be used to strike out potential information from the first set of books. [/QUOTE]

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