What do you consider "de facto" core?

[delericho]

Core is Core.

What I use in my games is generally expanded from this (almost always including SC, MIC, and any of the MMs/FF). But that's not useful for discussion, so why bother giving it a name?

 

[Maggan]

Other: Core is PH, DMG and MM. The rest are Optional.

I allow any option from any book from any publisher, as long as it looks ok and fits my campaign.

/M

 

[Aus_Snow]

Other: Core is PH, DMG and MM. The rest are Optional.

I allow any option from any book from any publisher, as long as it looks ok and fits my campaign.

Ditto.

There are quite a few sources I consider [kind of] "core" for me as a DM though. So really, yes and no.

Eh, whatever.

 

[Drowbane]

I voted for a bunch of stuff, but in retrospec I guess I only consider the Core 3 to be "Core"... de facto or not.

However, I don't run anything remotely "Core Only".

 

[Maggan]

Ditto.

There are quite a few sources I consider [kind of] "core" for me as a DM though. So really, yes and no.

Eh, whatever.

Ah, you mean "corish". It's an ancient word meaning "sorta core D&D, but not really". It dates back to the Cornish population of the British Isles, sometime around 350 AD. Which is actually quite perplexing, since D&D wasn't even invented then.

/M

 

[Doug McCrae]

You should've listed PHB2 and DMG2. I wouldn't use the phrase 'de facto core' but the books that are closest to core without actually being core are, imo:

XPH, PHB2, DMG2, SC, MIC

In a specific setting, such as Eberron, the campaign setting book becomes core too.

 

[Animus]

OK, so we've established that "core" is the PHB, DMG & MM. I agree with that, because that is core and you need no other book to play. I view this poll in a broader category, "core options," meaning that these optional rules I accept with little or no exception. The PHB II is not listed, and it should be, because there is some really good stuff in there. That's on my list.

 

[Kaodi]

I think that anything in the SRD could meet the actual definition of " de facto " core.

 

[Aus_Snow]

Ah, you mean "corish". It's an ancient word meaning "sorta core D&D, but not really". It dates back to the Cornish population of the British Isles, sometime around 350 AD. Which is actually quite perplexing, since D&D wasn't even invented then.

Sure it was. Those guys at Gleam Axe were pimping it 24/7. Caused something of a momentary stir, I believe. No records exist though.

 

[glass]

Other - None of the above. Core is core. Full stop.

What he said.

I might (and do) allow other stuff in my games, but it is never automatic, which is what core really means IMC.

EDIT: Ooh, I always use the swift- and immediate-actions rules, so the sidebar describing them in half a dozen different books could be described as de facto core. I'd still prefer a different (less potentially confusing) term, though.


glass.