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<blockquote data-quote="eamon" data-source="post: 4954573" data-attributes="member: 51942">I really hate long lists of house rules, and the same goes for lists of banned items.I see the motivation, and some of these items/feats/powers/whatnot are annoyingly unbalanced.But, it's a reality that wizards has the tendency to &quot;fix&quot; minor imbalances not by errata but by new options.&nbsp; I wouldn't be the least surprised to see Iron Armbands or similar for implement powers as a form of &quot;fix&quot; - or, more likely, simply &quot;cooler&quot; implement powers+feats.&nbsp; This style of errata by wizards means that you really need to stay on top of the new stuff if you want ensure that your list is up-to-date.But isn't that kind of a waste of time if 99% of these items either don't even occur in your game at all, or occur on non-problematic characters?&nbsp; YAGNI - you ain't gonna need it: don't bother house-errataing items, 'cause it's probably wasted time.&nbsp; Do it when you need to, I say...&nbsp; and only fix the really crazy stuff (and Iron Armbands really don't qualify here).Edit: (to clarify; I'm kind of ambivalent between the proactive and the reactive approach, but to play devil's advocate to this thread...)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eamon, post: 4954573, member: 51942"] I really hate long lists of house rules, and the same goes for lists of banned items. I see the motivation, and some of these items/feats/powers/whatnot are annoyingly unbalanced. But, it's a reality that wizards has the tendency to "fix" minor imbalances not by errata but by new options. I wouldn't be the least surprised to see Iron Armbands or similar for implement powers as a form of "fix" - or, more likely, simply "cooler" implement powers+feats. This style of errata by wizards means that you really need to stay on top of the new stuff if you want ensure that your list is up-to-date. But isn't that kind of a waste of time if 99% of these items either don't even occur in your game at all, or occur on non-problematic characters? YAGNI - you ain't gonna need it: don't bother house-errataing items, 'cause it's probably wasted time. Do it when you need to, I say... and only fix the really crazy stuff (and Iron Armbands really don't qualify here). Edit: (to clarify; I'm kind of ambivalent between the proactive and the reactive approach, but to play devil's advocate to this thread...) [/QUOTE]

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