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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The_Baldman" data-source="post: 3786676" data-attributes="member: 15080">Okay guys. What the heck are you guys blathering about over and over again about house rules ?  The reason people like a lot of our games is they are core 3.5 rules. We are required to use the books as written with all published D&D errata on the website. If you own a PHB 3.5 you can play any of our games.The LGCS (which is what most are citing even if without knowing it) is the Campaign Rules for the Living Greyhawk campaign (Living Greyhawk Campaign Sourcebook - LGCS). It lists how to make a character and play within the campaign. It's nothing different then any DM does when he starts a new campaign. So lets look at this massive book of RPGA 'House' rules. I should know it pretty well since I wrote the first one. It's 26 pages long including cover and Table of contents. So we are down to 24 pages now. First part goes over what the campaign is and some terms, then we hit character creation which once again nothing exciting, then how to track xp, gp, and items - stuff you do in a home game already. Then we hit the meat of the book and all the books that we use within the campaign. Thus defining all the options you as a player have for your character. Anything that has a component that would normally be handled by a home game judge we try to spell out so that all 20,000 of our players on the same page. We are not changing any rules. We are not ignoring any rules. We may choose not to use certain feats or spells in the game due to their unbalancing nature in our play structure but we're not changing them.Regardless we don't have some set of rules that applies across the board to the entire RPGA on how we do things. This is just a totally false premise and myth that needs to die. LG, MoH, and LK are core 3.5 campaigns. Own a PHB and play. That's it. THere is not some mindset of rules changes that are going to make people playtest things wrong. That idea is just dumb and needs to die a quick death.Dave C.</blockquote>

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