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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5012152" data-attributes="member: 22424">Didn't Gygax himself consider "Deities & Demigods" to be a fourth core rulebook?Of course WotC want you to buy more books! No RPG company can live on core rulebook sales alone - even if the books sold well enough to keep the company going, there would be no justification in continuing to employ the staff for the 8ish years until you do the next edition!And even back in the day business concerns sometimes trumped 'gaming concerns' - "Unearthed Arcana" was rushed out the door to plug a hole in TSR's finances.Now, that said, WotC have changed the emphasis somewhat. They have emphasised selling to players over selling to DMs (that TSR also did that somewhat with 2nd Edition). And, of course, with 4e they have instituted a rigid balance in the game, such that DMs are very likely to allow supplements into their games, where in 3e they were often more choosy.I'm not sure either of these are bad things, though. If players want to buy classbooks, where's the harm? It's not exactly evidence of some grand evil conspiracy! And I'm not sure how balance can be decried as an inherently bad thing. At worst, it's just not to your taste.</blockquote>