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<blockquote data-quote="Mouseferatu" data-source="post: 1708266" data-attributes="member: 1288">Oh, please. You know what's going to make the game unplayable? When people decide to stop playing.DMs have the power--I'd say even the obligation--to decide what they're allowing and what they aren't. If you're running a &quot;core books only&quot; game, it doesn't matter what else is out there.In most of my campaigns, I allow anything from the core books (and the campaign book, if we're using a published setting). Anything and everything else must be cleared with me on a case-by-case basis. Sometimes I say yes, sometimes no. And you know how much extra work it makes me for me? Almost none; as much effort as it takes to read the item/class in question (if I don't already know it) and say &quot;yes&quot; or &quot;no.&quot;I mean, really people. I'm tired of prestige classes my own self. You know what I do? I skim those sections in new books, looking for cool ideas, and otherwise ignore them. If a book is just new crunch, I probably won't buy it. But if it's got crunch and flavor, I can always find something useful.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mouseferatu, post: 1708266, member: 1288"] Oh, please. You know what's going to make the game unplayable? When people decide to stop playing. DMs have the power--I'd say even the obligation--to decide what they're allowing and what they aren't. If you're running a "core books only" game, it doesn't matter what else is out there. In most of my campaigns, I allow anything from the core books (and the campaign book, if we're using a published setting). Anything and everything else must be cleared with me on a case-by-case basis. Sometimes I say yes, sometimes no. And you know how much extra work it makes me for me? Almost none; as much effort as it takes to read the item/class in question (if I don't already know it) and say "yes" or "no." I mean, really people. I'm tired of prestige classes my own self. You know what I do? I skim those sections in new books, looking for cool ideas, and otherwise ignore them. If a book is [i]just[/i] new crunch, I probably won't buy it. But if it's got crunch [i]and[/i] flavor, I can always find something useful. [/QUOTE]

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