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<blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 5484247" data-attributes="member: 114"><p>I don't know how much weight you are putting on your 'widely perceived', but I certainly don't fit into either of those categories. I'd had years of houseruling D&D and pretty much every other RPG under the sun in the 70's and 80's; loved it and always haved. </p><p></p><p>Also loved 3e.</p><p></p><p>However, the integrated nature of 3e made some kinds of houseruling more difficult than in earlier editions. Not impossible, but more difficult because there were more mechanical knock-on effects. Ironically, there were some implicit design factors in original 3.0e which were not spelt out as such and so got overlooked by some splatbook designers, opening the say to some of the, uh, less balanced additions to the 3e canon. But I digress.</p><p></p><p>I would point out two other things though - third party products produced under the OGL are not 'house rules', they are third party products.</p><p></p><p>The other thing is that it is better not to denigrate people who have a different opinion about things to do (which you are doing by characterising those who have made statements about 3e houseruling as belonging to a couple of weird minorities).</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Plane Sailing, post: 5484247, member: 114"] I don't know how much weight you are putting on your 'widely perceived', but I certainly don't fit into either of those categories. I'd had years of houseruling D&D and pretty much every other RPG under the sun in the 70's and 80's; loved it and always haved. Also loved 3e. However, the integrated nature of 3e made some kinds of houseruling more difficult than in earlier editions. Not impossible, but more difficult because there were more mechanical knock-on effects. Ironically, there were some implicit design factors in original 3.0e which were not spelt out as such and so got overlooked by some splatbook designers, opening the say to some of the, uh, less balanced additions to the 3e canon. But I digress. I would point out two other things though - third party products produced under the OGL are not 'house rules', they are third party products. The other thing is that it is better not to denigrate people who have a different opinion about things to do (which you are doing by characterising those who have made statements about 3e houseruling as belonging to a couple of weird minorities). Thanks [/QUOTE]
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