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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wisdom Penalty" data-source="post: 4325001" data-attributes="member: 13287">I share your concern. There's an irony ongoing here, with me, in that I could not stand 3e splat books - but I think 4e splat books are dang near required in order to keep the game's longevity. Either that's a great business decision by WotC, or it's a failure in 4e's design.To be more blunt, the 4e PHB is full of awesomeness. But there's not nearly enough of it. The Rituals list should be 4x as long, and the number of Powers each class should be able to choose from should easily be 2x to 3x as long.  Likewise Feats; the list of available feats starts small for Heroic tier, and then shrinks for Paragon and Epic (despite the fact, mind you, that characters in those later tiers only select one fewer feat than that in the Heroic tier).Can splat books handle these dearths? Certainly.Do I think they will? Yes.Can they do so without introducing game-breaking crap that we saw in 3e? I hope those balance lessons have been learned by WotC.The question is: Should you need splat books in order to give the game the breadth and depth required for a number of consecutive campaigns?  I'd say - "No" - but I think you do in 4e.All of the above is IMO.Wis</blockquote>