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<blockquote data-quote="James Jacobs" data-source="post: 3294278" data-attributes="member: 23937">There is indeed power creep, and it can't be helped with each new book. It's not really a factor of new feats/spells/classes being &quot;broken&quot; (although there are certainly some that are), as much as it is the simple fact that each new book allows a player to further specialize his character. To pick an arbitrary number, of the various options in the Player's Handbook, say 50% of them are great for your character. That means the other 50% are sub-optimal. By adding additional non-core books to the mix, you widen the number of optimal choices for your character, and reduce the amount of sub-optimal choices you're forced to make.Taken individually, in other words, the elements aren't necessarilly power creep. But the fact that each book adds so many new choices means that as a whole, a character built with all the books rather than just the core books is going to be stronger.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James Jacobs, post: 3294278, member: 23937"] There is indeed power creep, and it can't be helped with each new book. It's not really a factor of new feats/spells/classes being "broken" (although there are certainly some that are), as much as it is the simple fact that each new book allows a player to further specialize his character. To pick an arbitrary number, of the various options in the Player's Handbook, say 50% of them are great for your character. That means the other 50% are sub-optimal. By adding additional non-core books to the mix, you widen the number of optimal choices for your character, and reduce the amount of sub-optimal choices you're forced to make. Taken individually, in other words, the elements aren't necessarilly power creep. But the fact that each book adds so many new choices means that as a whole, a character built with all the books rather than just the core books is going to be stronger. [/QUOTE]

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