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<blockquote data-quote="GobiWon" data-source="post: 7683378" data-attributes="member: 6796529">I'm sick of hearing people say that if you don't like something, you can simply disallow it. I'm glad you can do it, but you become a killjoy when a player comes to you and wants to play the latest and greatest new race or class or option. He's spent good money on the newest supplement and he wants to use it. He is pointing at his shiny new book and telling you that his Vampire Pixie Psion is a legitimate option. I'm advocating for limited options that are setting specific, so that it is easier for a DM to disallow. The UA minotaur is a good example. If I like it, I can allow it. If I dislike it, I can claim that the race belongs in the Dragonlance setting. I don't like the Dragonborn, but it is now cannon in Forgotten Realms. I feel that if I run a Forgotten Realms campaign, I should accommodate players who'd like to play that race.The thing is WotC is not going to give us exactly what we want. They want a broad audience. They want to sell 100,000+ books each time. I'd like more setting specific details. I'd like one-off adventures. Some people want new options. WotC is not going to cater to us. They want us hungry. They want us all to buy the same book. They are going to give us a little of everything. Some of us will buy the current book for the new character options. Some of us will buy it for the new setting details. Some of us will buy it because it has the stat block for an iconic foe. Some will use it to run a single adventure. If they try to cater to each of our desires. They are putting forth three times the effort for 3 or 4 products that collectively sell only a few more units than one big book every 5 to 6 months. It might not be exactly what we want, but from a business view point, it makes sense.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GobiWon, post: 7683378, member: 6796529"] I'm sick of hearing people say that if you don't like something, you can simply disallow it. I'm glad you can do it, but you become a killjoy when a player comes to you and wants to play the latest and greatest new race or class or option. He's spent good money on the newest supplement and he wants to use it. He is pointing at his shiny new book and telling you that his Vampire Pixie Psion is a legitimate option. I'm advocating for limited options that are setting specific, so that it is easier for a DM to disallow. The UA minotaur is a good example. If I like it, I can allow it. If I dislike it, I can claim that the race belongs in the Dragonlance setting. I don't like the Dragonborn, but it is now cannon in Forgotten Realms. I feel that if I run a Forgotten Realms campaign, I should accommodate players who'd like to play that race. The thing is WotC is not going to give us exactly what we want. They want a broad audience. They want to sell 100,000+ books each time. I'd like more setting specific details. I'd like one-off adventures. Some people want new options. WotC is not going to cater to us. They want us hungry. They want us all to buy the same book. They are going to give us a little of everything. Some of us will buy the current book for the new character options. Some of us will buy it for the new setting details. Some of us will buy it because it has the stat block for an iconic foe. Some will use it to run a single adventure. If they try to cater to each of our desires. They are putting forth three times the effort for 3 or 4 products that collectively sell only a few more units than one big book every 5 to 6 months. It might not be exactly what we want, but from a business view point, it makes sense. [/QUOTE]

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