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<blockquote data-quote="Belen" data-source="post: 1771676" data-attributes="member: 1405">No doubt.&nbsp; You'd think that people on these boards hated GMs, except that most of them are GMs.&nbsp; I just think a good number are disconnected with those people who do not spend as much time on DnD, thus those people do not want to spend time evaluating PrCs or feats and creating spreadsheets yada yada.I do not often agree with Nisarg, but he is spot on in this thread.&nbsp; And the third party market cannot really be blamed.&nbsp; It is WOTC that has flooded the market with feats and PrCs.&nbsp; In most cases, these feats and classes have seen zero playtesting.&nbsp; I truly believe that the designers have created a &quot;balance matrix&quot; whereby certain things that fit within the confines of this model are ok'd without playtest.The 3e rules have been bogged down faster than any previous rules set.&nbsp; They will have to get to 4e, probably in 2-3 years (sooner, but they need to mature Eberron before creating a new rule set) in order to clear the rules of mess.Basically, the RPGA now serves as the WOTC playtest group.&nbsp; The only problem is that the RPGA playtest the rules after the fact and we get revisions after the fact.WOTC current strategy is a center that cannot hold.&nbsp; period.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Belen, post: 1771676, member: 1405"] No doubt. You'd think that people on these boards hated GMs, except that most of them are GMs. I just think a good number are disconnected with those people who do not spend as much time on DnD, thus those people do not want to spend time evaluating PrCs or feats and creating spreadsheets yada yada. I do not often agree with Nisarg, but he is spot on in this thread. And the third party market cannot really be blamed. It is WOTC that has flooded the market with feats and PrCs. In most cases, these feats and classes have seen zero playtesting. I truly believe that the designers have created a "balance matrix" whereby certain things that fit within the confines of this model are ok'd without playtest. The 3e rules have been bogged down faster than any previous rules set. They will have to get to 4e, probably in 2-3 years (sooner, but they need to mature Eberron before creating a new rule set) in order to clear the rules of mess. Basically, the RPGA now serves as the WOTC playtest group. The only problem is that the RPGA playtest the rules after the fact and we get revisions after the fact. WOTC current strategy is a center that cannot hold. period. [/QUOTE]

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