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<blockquote data-quote="Quasqueton" data-source="post: 3795108" data-attributes="member: 3854">See, I read a lot of posts saying that they hear or read others saying this. But I've never seen anyone saying that *they* have Players insisting on this kind of stuff.I've seen things like, &quot;A lot of Players insist the DM include or allow things from the many supplements,&quot; but I'm not seeing, &quot;My Players insist that I include or allow things from the many supplements.&quot; Understand what I'm meaning?It's sort of like the common idea that X City is Murder Capital of the world -- the crime rate is astronomical, and people are afraid to go outside. When the actual statistics are looked at, you see that X City is actually not unusually &quot;murderous&quot; and the crime rate is relatively low, and no one who actually lives in the city fears criminals stalking outside their homes.Most of the complaints about supplement bloat and &quot;must buy books&quot; seem to be based on &quot;other people's problems&quot;. &quot;My game is fine, and I don't have trouble, but everyone else in the game has serious problems.&quot;Now, I'm curious: Those folks who voted that they *must* have many, most, or all WotC books for D&amp;D, do you consider yourself compulsive or obsessive? Do you feel this need in other aspects of your life? What about D&amp;D actually makes you feel the compulsion to acquire and use so many supplemental books?Quasqueton</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quasqueton, post: 3795108, member: 3854"] See, I read a lot of posts saying that they hear or read others saying this. But I've never seen anyone saying that *they* have Players insisting on this kind of stuff. I've seen things like, "A lot of Players insist the DM include or allow things from the many supplements," but I'm not seeing, "My Players insist that I include or allow things from the many supplements." Understand what I'm meaning? It's sort of like the common idea that X City is Murder Capital of the world -- the crime rate is astronomical, and people are afraid to go outside. When the actual statistics are looked at, you see that X City is actually not unusually "murderous" and the crime rate is relatively low, and no one who actually lives in the city fears criminals stalking outside their homes. Most of the complaints about supplement bloat and "must buy books" seem to be based on "other people's problems". "My game is fine, and I don't have trouble, but everyone else in the game has serious problems." Now, I'm curious: Those folks who voted that they *must* have many, most, or all WotC books for D&D, do you consider yourself compulsive or obsessive? Do you feel this need in other aspects of your life? What about D&D actually makes you feel the compulsion to acquire and use so many supplemental books? Quasqueton [/QUOTE]

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