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<blockquote data-quote="ZSutherland" data-source="post: 996860" data-attributes="member: 7638">No, I will not be changing, nor will my group, at least until such time as the market forces us to comply (which I can't see happening since we don't use much beyond the core books anyway).Why not?&nbsp; I have mixed feelings about most of the changes.&nbsp; Some I like and some I don't, but I know I don't like what I perceive as the mindset behind those changes.&nbsp; Instead of doing what I think the core books should do, provide the basic frame work for a standard D&amp;D campaign with lots of room for variance in style from group to group, I think they've narrowed their focus to combat too much, and even that has narrowed down to right ways &amp; wrong ways (i.e. dex fighters out, two-handers in), which I don't appreciate.&nbsp; Money's not really a pragmatic issue for me (though I can certainly find a better way to spend $100),&nbsp; but it is a vocal issue.&nbsp; My money is my vote in the marketplace, and I'm casting my vote to stop jacking things around just so you can get people to re-purchase books they already own.The whole thing could have been fixed with a 100 page book that I'd have been happy to buy with the updated classes/races/spell descriptions/feats &amp; a great big chapter at the front that explained in layman's terms how the SRD &amp; OGL works so that they could conclude as thus.&nbsp; &quot;It is our endeavor by making much of our work open source, to allow the RPG publishing community to enrich everyone's experience with their contributions while at the same time avoiding the marketing pitfalls that plagued the latter years of TSR.&nbsp; However, it is the job of every DM to look carefully at any material from a third-party publisher and decide what is appropriate and what is not for or her campaign.&nbsp; Rule-0 lives.&quot;I say that because I think by and large, most of the changes that everyone's griped about so much stemmed from abuse of the core rules when combined with third party stuff.&nbsp; It's not WotC idea to police the core rules to prevent abuse by other people.&nbsp; For one thing, it's impossible.&nbsp; That's each DM's job.&nbsp; That'd be me.Z</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ZSutherland, post: 996860, member: 7638"] No, I will not be changing, nor will my group, at least until such time as the market forces us to comply (which I can't see happening since we don't use much beyond the core books anyway). Why not? I have mixed feelings about most of the changes. Some I like and some I don't, but I know I don't like what I perceive as the mindset behind those changes. Instead of doing what I think the core books should do, provide the basic frame work for a standard D&D campaign with lots of room for variance in style from group to group, I think they've narrowed their focus to combat too much, and even that has narrowed down to right ways & wrong ways (i.e. dex fighters out, two-handers in), which I don't appreciate. Money's not really a pragmatic issue for me (though I can certainly find a better way to spend $100), but it is a vocal issue. My money is my vote in the marketplace, and I'm casting my vote to stop jacking things around just so you can get people to re-purchase books they already own. The whole thing could have been fixed with a 100 page book that I'd have been happy to buy with the updated classes/races/spell descriptions/feats & a great big chapter at the front that explained in layman's terms how the SRD & OGL works so that they could conclude as thus. "It is our endeavor by making much of our work open source, to allow the RPG publishing community to enrich everyone's experience with their contributions while at the same time avoiding the marketing pitfalls that plagued the latter years of TSR. However, it is the job of every DM to look carefully at any material from a third-party publisher and decide what is appropriate and what is not for or her campaign. Rule-0 lives." I say that because I think by and large, most of the changes that everyone's griped about so much stemmed from abuse of the core rules when combined with third party stuff. It's not WotC idea to police the core rules to prevent abuse by other people. For one thing, it's impossible. That's each DM's job. That'd be me. Z [/QUOTE]

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