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Message: <blockquote data-quote="woodelf" data-source="post: 1390134" data-attributes="member: 10201">So don't buy WotC books. IMHO, WotC's books (yes, including the core PH/DMG/MM) have been consistently middle-of-the-pack. They're not dreck, but neither are they awesome. They sometimes have me saying "ooo! i wish i'd thought of that" or "damn, that's cool!" but they far more often have me shaking my head, wondering how they could take such a cool idea and make it so boring, or broken, or complex. Pretty much any time WotC does something, someone else does it better (and sometimes first), so go buy those books. [and that's without even stepping outside of the D20 System market--if you're willing to do that, you've got even more choices.]  Before i get flamed into oblivion: yes, this is partly a matter of personal opinion.  But Wombat is, like me, underwhelmed by a book that has most people raving, so i think it's a safe assumption that a solution that works for me may help him. Moreover, i think that WotC books get an automatic boost to their perceived value. Based on reading reviews here and elsewhere, it seems to me that books that are described in similar terms are often rated a bit lower if they're not from WotC. Much the way another poster in this thread felt that people using the rules from Unearthed Arcana would improve their game design, when a lot of the rules in Unearthed Arcana are clearly not balanced with the core rules (and identified as such--i don't think WotC's trying to pull a fast one here, just acknowledging the obviousfact that radical changes to the system will affect balance).So, to Wombat and any others like him: don't damn all RPG books for one book's flaws, and don't assume that WotC is the pinnacle with everyone else producing lesser-quality books. You haven't sampled the best there is to offer and found it wanting, you've sampled some point in the pack and found it wanting.  Look at something better, and you'll probably be happy.</blockquote>

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