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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 2417119" data-attributes="member: 22424">Or, such a DM could take the view that the core rules have been playtested extensively, with thousands of man-hours of testing effort from hundreds of players. The same cannot be said of any rules brought in from any supplementary source. The likelihood is, therefore, that the core rules are better balanced, or at least no worse balanced.Additionally, while is relatively easy to check that any given game element is itself balanced, we're long since past the point where it's possible to check that these things are balanced when combined. Moreover, if you say &quot;core rules only&quot; is arbitrary, you have to acknowledge that &quot;core rules + Complete X&quot;, or &quot;any WotC&quot;, or &quot;just these books&quot; is also arbitrary. Essentially, the only non-arbitrary restriction level possible is the one where the DM goes through every rulebook available, and vets each and every element for balance before deciding what is and is not appropriate. I think I'm not unreasonable in choosing to make arbitrary restrictions, and spending the time on my campaign instead. And, as a player, I think I would prefer the DM to make the same choice.Of course, all this is just my opinion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 2417119, member: 22424"] Or, such a DM could take the view that the core rules have been playtested extensively, with thousands of man-hours of testing effort from hundreds of players. The same cannot be said of any rules brought in from any supplementary source. The likelihood is, therefore, that the core rules [I]are[/I] better balanced, or at least no worse balanced. Additionally, while is relatively easy to check that any given game element is itself balanced, we're long since past the point where it's possible to check that these things are balanced when combined. Moreover, if you say "core rules only" is arbitrary, you have to acknowledge that "core rules + Complete X", or "any WotC", or "just these books" is also arbitrary. Essentially, the only non-arbitrary restriction level possible is the one where the DM goes through every rulebook available, and vets each and every element for balance before deciding what is and is not appropriate. I think I'm not unreasonable in choosing to make arbitrary restrictions, and spending the time on my campaign instead. And, as a player, I think I would prefer the DM to make the same choice. Of course, all this is just my opinion. [/QUOTE]

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