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<blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 6956318" data-attributes="member: 6855114">I think that the balancing issue with were not forgotten but simply skipped. The more options you add to a game, the more unstable it becomes. I use a lot of options in the DMG and it hasn't stopped us from having quite a lot of fun with the game. I have, however, did a lot of changes to the monsters and Npc's stats. In that I had no choice since I have a few players that have already memorized the MM. With the few mods I do add to monsters, it keeps them on their toes. I have over 35years of DM behind me. I can manage that much without trouble. But I have had to go over some younger DMs to show them how to not overdo it and to not to underdo it. Group and power management can be hard for young DMs. I do have to remind them that it is not them against the players, but it's all of them trying to tell a great story.They do have a warning in the DM to try each mods and see if it works out for your games. The same applies to options in the PHB. The fact that it is just said in the DMG is a bit sad. More options, more work but so much more fun. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Helldritch, post: 6956318, member: 6855114"] I think that the balancing issue with were not forgotten but simply skipped. The more options you add to a game, the more unstable it becomes. I use a lot of options in the DMG and it hasn't stopped us from having quite a lot of fun with the game. I have, however, did a lot of changes to the monsters and Npc's stats. In that I had no choice since I have a few players that have already memorized the MM. With the few mods I do add to monsters, it keeps them on their toes. I have over 35years of DM behind me. I can manage that much without trouble. But I have had to go over some younger DMs to show them how to not overdo it and to not to underdo it. Group and power management can be hard for young DMs. I do have to remind them that it is not them against the players, but it's all of them trying to tell a great story. They do have a warning in the DM to try each mods and see if it works out for your games. The same applies to options in the PHB. The fact that it is just said in the DMG is a bit sad. More options, more work but so much more fun. ;) [/QUOTE]

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