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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 9513259" data-attributes="member: 23751">Okay, but that's not any gatekeeping in appendix n.  None.  Some individuals want to gatekeep, but they will do so regardless.  The appendix n and even the inspirational reading of Gygax in 1e, don't have any One True Wayism in them.  None.  One True Wayism in the actual appendix is required for gatekeeping to exist there.It doesn't encourage it, either.  The reality is that it encourages the opposite of gatekeeping, suggesting that people read other things that aren't on the list and get inspiration from those things, too.  At least Gygax's did.</blockquote>