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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BSF" data-source="post: 2061085" data-attributes="member: 13098">A few things to consider.First of all, be fairly stringent at vetting PCs.  I suggest going core books only as a default with all other material on an approved only basis.  Insist on having time to really read the material before approving it as well.  If that means a player has to let you borrow a book for a week or three, then so be it.Secondly, ask the player flat out how the stuff they want to use can be abused.  Make the player run through the worst case scenario and propose the inclusion of new material.  There is no reason why the player can't do the initial work.  Then ask the player how the PC will use the new material and what needs to happen to avoid having the game break down.Thirdly, be sure to emphasize that anything the PCs can do, so can the NPCs.  I once had a player that wanted to build a PrC that allowed a fighter to whack off arms, legs, heads, etc by taking a to-hit penalty.  I turned it around and asked the player if he wanted NPC combatants with that same PrC.  Fourthly, don't allow PCs to start at a given level.  Start them at a given exp total.  Then when the PC makes items, he has to remember to subtract exp from his exp pool.  Fifthly, remember that just because all D20 material is theoretically compatible, that doesn't mean it is necessarily a good idea to allow all of it.  When you draw from a deep pool of material, you can easily get combinations that favor the player with the larger library.  Balance against the default rules assumptions is good, but balance against the PCs in the group is better.  You can run a campaign that is terribly unbalanced against the rules.  But running a campaign where the PCs are unbalanced often means that some of the players are not having as much fun.</blockquote>

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