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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 7700442" data-attributes="member: 45197"><p>Hiya!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>LOL! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Yeah..."players buying books". <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> ... ...heheh... ermm... You're serious? Really? No way! Are you sure? ... Hey, can anyone confirm this?</p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>All sarcasm aside... Yes. Players buy books. They buy books they want to use something found there in (other than those players who like to just read RPG stuff, and don't care if stuff gets used out of it or not). They do this until they realize that their DM isn't going to just "cave in" and let them use it simply because they bought it. One of my players tried this with PF when we were trying that a few years ago. He picked up some "Mage Book of Wowzerness" or something. He was slightly annoyed when I didn't let him use any spells, feats or classes from it. He picked up that "Equipment" book next. Was even more annoyed when I didn't let him use most of the equipment that was...er...well, that I felt was "stupid" or primarily there to get around/over/under or otherwise circumvent a rule or balance in the system. I'm sure he picked up on of the other bestiaries...and attempted to use monsters/animals out of it for Summoning, Polymorphing, illusions, etc. I didn't let him get away with that either. ... He stopped buying PF books after that. And...our game was better for it. During that 6'ish month period buying spree, there was argument upon argument upon argument at the table every time he tried to 'use' something...even from other players, and <em>for</em> other players. When it was clear that buying a book didn't automatically mean it would be included as an option...the arguments stopped and we actually had <em>more fun</em>. Go figure... </p><p></p><p>^_^</p><p></p><p>Paul L. Ming</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pming, post: 7700442, member: 45197"] Hiya! LOL! :) Yeah..."players buying books". :D ... ...heheh... ermm... You're serious? Really? No way! Are you sure? ... Hey, can anyone confirm this? ;) All sarcasm aside... Yes. Players buy books. They buy books they want to use something found there in (other than those players who like to just read RPG stuff, and don't care if stuff gets used out of it or not). They do this until they realize that their DM isn't going to just "cave in" and let them use it simply because they bought it. One of my players tried this with PF when we were trying that a few years ago. He picked up some "Mage Book of Wowzerness" or something. He was slightly annoyed when I didn't let him use any spells, feats or classes from it. He picked up that "Equipment" book next. Was even more annoyed when I didn't let him use most of the equipment that was...er...well, that I felt was "stupid" or primarily there to get around/over/under or otherwise circumvent a rule or balance in the system. I'm sure he picked up on of the other bestiaries...and attempted to use monsters/animals out of it for Summoning, Polymorphing, illusions, etc. I didn't let him get away with that either. ... He stopped buying PF books after that. And...our game was better for it. During that 6'ish month period buying spree, there was argument upon argument upon argument at the table every time he tried to 'use' something...even from other players, and [I]for[/I] other players. When it was clear that buying a book didn't automatically mean it would be included as an option...the arguments stopped and we actually had [I]more fun[/I]. Go figure... ^_^ Paul L. Ming [/QUOTE]
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