renau1g
First Post
LEW was it's own world, and only allowed in user created stuff outside of the core. It was fairly self contained, and any new content had to be created specificly for it. No outside sources were allowed unless they were OGL (and hense, you could strip and redo it publicly)
You have 2 possible problems. Limit non-core material too much, and people can't use their nifty new sourcebooks in L4W (This hasn't stoped LEW from expanding fairly consistantly though, so this isn't nessessarily a bad thing). Don't limit it enough, and everyone gets their cool toys, but not everyone knows what everyone elses toys do (Again, not always a bad thing, breeds a bit more difference between characters, but can make GMing tougher).
If you go kitchen sink with the setting, you lose some of the unique flavor of the setting. This isn't Dragonlance, Eberron, or Forgotten Realms, it's L4W. How unique you want it will effect what you do or don't let in.
Agreed, this isn't one of those settings, but I was wondering if there was any thoughts to potentially allowing material from them (if & only if) the group can develop a way for them to be in the setting in a constructive way.
i.e. if someone wants to play a Red Wizard of Thay, they'll need to propose all the fluff that goes along with it, in the setting....and it needs to be approved.
I'm sure if people really want their new toys they can head over to the regular PbP pages and try it out there.