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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aaron L" data-source="post: 2786070" data-attributes="member: 926">Well, I'l add my thoughts, even though theyre robably not much use.  I, myself, even knowing whats what with D20 and stuff, didnt realize that games such as Thieves World or Black Company were balanced to be used with generic D&D.  If thats the case, I now have interest in looking at them.  (well, Ive always had interest in getting Black Company <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />)Perhaps I was confusing D20 and OGL games, but it wasnt clear to me that variant magic systems were balanced to be used alongside core D&D magic, or alternate fighting classes would be balanced to be used alongside Fighters.  In no way did I fear that these books would be inferior, but I wasnt sure that the rules presented would mesh seamlessly with my setting built with the PHB and mostly WotC supplements.  So, I can definately see where the idea of D20 books being shunned because of thier labels comes from, because I am guilty of it myself, and I am here on messageboards about the D20 system, while no other gamer I know personally does any kind of research at all.    The Book of Fiends, I knew what I was getting.  Thieves World, I thought was going to be a seperate game tweaked from the PHB classes and/or magic level.    I dont think that anyone is saying that these books are any "less" D20 in any way, or inferior in any way, but they are saying that people can percieve, say, Black Company as not meshing with the PHB as well as "generic feat book XX"  If this isnt the case and things like the Thieves World alternate magic system could exist alongside the PHB magic system without unbalancing a core rules game, then Im real happy and will do my best to get those books pronto, but the fact that someone who is fairly educated about the subject can be confused about it means that average joe gamer who doesnt even know what the OGL is could be even more confused.</blockquote>

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