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<blockquote data-quote="smilinggm" data-source="post: 2785297" data-attributes="member: 2394">IMHO Unless you are Playing in an one of the&nbsp; RPGA's Living&nbsp; campaings there are no &quot;Official Books&quot;.&nbsp; In the RGPA,&nbsp; campaing staff will decied on which books are &quot;Official&quot; and therfore allowed in the specific Living Campaing.&nbsp; Some will be allowed and some will be banned.&nbsp; Also unless you are playing in an RPGA campaing and following the specific campagn rules there are no &quot;Official&quot; or &quot;Tournamant Legal&quot; characters.&nbsp;&nbsp; Otherwise it is up to the DM of your campaing to decide what books are to be used in the campaing, and what characters will be allowed into the campaing.&nbsp; Having said that; Your use of the word &quot;Official Books&quot; seams to mean Published by WOTC.Only books published by WOTC and a very small fiew others can publish a book with the Dungeons and Dragons logo on it.&nbsp; All other publishers must strictly follow the OGL too use the D20 logo. So, IMHO this makes the book an &quot;Official D20&quot; product.&nbsp; This does not however grant the book any automatic status to be allowed in any campaing that I am running.&nbsp; The only three books that have an automatic buy in any of my campaings are the Core 3 books.&nbsp; IE the PHB, DMG and MM1.&nbsp; All other books must be looked over to see if the book will fit into my campaing.&nbsp; This is the same regardless if the book is Published by WOTC or a 3rd party publisher.&nbsp; If you look at my sig you will see that I am a big fan of Paradigm Concepts.&nbsp; I am also a big fan of Green Ronin.&nbsp; But even as a big fan of PCI I will not automatically use their material in my campaing just because they published a book.&nbsp; I will review the book 1st to see how it will fit into the camaing, and if it fits I will use it if not I will not use it.&nbsp; As to the quality of the book,&nbsp; just because it was published by WOTC does not make it a&nbsp; great book.&nbsp; Also just because it was published by a 3rd party publisher does not make it a bad book. Both WOTC and 3rd party publishers have published jems and bothe WOTC and 3rd party publishers have published real stinkers.&nbsp;&nbsp; I will read reviews of the book before I buy it and I will look through it at my FLGS before I buy this book.&nbsp; These days I am a bit more discriminating but this has nothing to do with the quality of the book but more based on my bank account.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="smilinggm, post: 2785297, member: 2394"] IMHO Unless you are Playing in an one of the RPGA's Living campaings there are no "Official Books". In the RGPA, campaing staff will decied on which books are "Official" and therfore allowed in the specific Living Campaing. Some will be allowed and some will be banned. Also unless you are playing in an RPGA campaing and following the specific campagn rules there are no "Official" or "Tournamant Legal" characters. Otherwise it is up to the DM of your campaing to decide what books are to be used in the campaing, and what characters will be allowed into the campaing. Having said that; Your use of the word "Official Books" seams to mean Published by WOTC. Only books published by WOTC and a very small fiew others can publish a book with the Dungeons and Dragons logo on it. All other publishers must strictly follow the OGL too use the D20 logo. So, IMHO this makes the book an "Official D20" product. This does not however grant the book any automatic status to be allowed in any campaing that I am running. The only three books that have an automatic buy in any of my campaings are the Core 3 books. IE the PHB, DMG and MM1. All other books must be looked over to see if the book will fit into my campaing. This is the same regardless if the book is Published by WOTC or a 3rd party publisher. If you look at my sig you will see that I am a big fan of Paradigm Concepts. I am also a big fan of Green Ronin. But even as a big fan of PCI I will not automatically use their material in my campaing just because they published a book. I will review the book 1st to see how it will fit into the camaing, and if it fits I will use it if not I will not use it. As to the quality of the book, just because it was published by WOTC does not make it a great book. Also just because it was published by a 3rd party publisher does not make it a bad book. Both WOTC and 3rd party publishers have published jems and bothe WOTC and 3rd party publishers have published real stinkers. I will read reviews of the book before I buy it and I will look through it at my FLGS before I buy this book. These days I am a bit more discriminating but this has nothing to do with the quality of the book but more based on my bank account. [/QUOTE]

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