Vaalingrade
Legend
I always saw it as a flavor enforcement measure like class alignment restrictions and race-locked PrCs and I hated it with a passion.
If you want your wizard to be another old dude in his bathrobe, fine. Just don't force me to always put my wizard in a bathrobe too. I was surprised they didn't also have a rule that reduced save DCs when not wearing pointy hats with stars all over them.
D&D has had this weird thing where it can't decide if it's a base game or a campaign setting. ASF is okay as a setting element that informs how the setting works, but less as the core of a game that's meant to serve multiple setting.
If you want your wizard to be another old dude in his bathrobe, fine. Just don't force me to always put my wizard in a bathrobe too. I was surprised they didn't also have a rule that reduced save DCs when not wearing pointy hats with stars all over them.
D&D has had this weird thing where it can't decide if it's a base game or a campaign setting. ASF is okay as a setting element that informs how the setting works, but less as the core of a game that's meant to serve multiple setting.