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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Razz" data-source="post: 2916764" data-attributes="member: 3014">See, there is a big difference between the two.As a DM, I should not have to create new game mechanics and playtest them. That is not what a DM does. He is to run the game with what he is given and the rest what he makes up. Not game mechanics. It is not his job to create a feat for a player and playtest that feat a few sessions. That takes up too much time, causes too much stress, and causes a lot of Player-DM debates. A DM can choose to do that for his games if he'd like, but I don't believe it is a requirement in order to play and enjoy the game.A perfect reason for why I should'nt be required to make my own lightning-element monk prestige class. I had written some psionic powers for Bruce Cordell, which he edited and posted on his site long ago. Eventually some of those powers ended up on the D&D site, but not the power Bend Space. I kept it in the game, however, and my player's Psychic Warrior used it for a few sessions. Eventually, me and even the other players realized it was too powerful, at least for its power level. Course, the player didn't feel that way. There was a lot of debates, hostility and tension in the group. After some time, the Mind's Eye took the power and edited properly and balanced it perfectly. Now we're all happy...except for the player now. There was a lot of argument and it sucks to have to "reverse time" in the sessions to explain the new changes to the psionic power. It left a very inconsistent feel to our games after that. It also was not worth it at all. Not worth the wasted time on playtesting and arguing and D&D is a game to play, not to playtest new material. Cause we have tons of ideas for new stuff, we just don't ever implement them because it's obviously not going to do us any good. Since then, I've pretty much stated I'm never doing that again. That's WotC's job, I am quite comfortable doing everything else a DM is actually supposed to do. If it's from WotC, no one complains, everyone's happy, and no time is lost or wasted.So, no, I am not a lazy DM. I am a smart DM for avoiding unneccesary elements to a D&D game. And I am a smart DM who can come up with his own reasons for a certain PrC fits in his world, create his own organizations, create his own NPCs and classed monsters, and create his own adventures. And I work a 40 hour/week job and have a wife and in college. I found time, I am sure anyone else can, too.But this is going way off topic. This is supposed to be about MM4, not how WotC should be doing things and how they shouldn't be. Nor is it a let's bash Razz's negative comment thread either. I've had too many of those. I am heading off this thread, no need to reply. I've stated my point about MM4 and it's done. If you want, you can start a thread on this or keep in in private messages.</blockquote>

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