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<blockquote data-quote="jaer" data-source="post: 4039171" data-attributes="member: 57861">I can feel the breakdown as a player, too.&nbsp; The difference is, when I DM, I feel it is my job to lessen this breakdown as much as possible.&nbsp; It falls on me to balance thinks and to set up an adventure that is balanced and challenging.&nbsp; Players don't need to worry about balance.I, on the other hand, let me players use just about anything (except the Book of Exalted Deeds...that's fairly broken).&nbsp; I let buy most gear they want...they are 15th lvl and are the some of their kingdom's most valuable defenders.&nbsp; They aren't the most powerful people around, but they are up there.I do this because being overly restrictive keeps my players from exploring the characters they want to play.&nbsp; I admit it would probably take less time to review rules, spells, feats, and what not before a game a rule whether my players can and can't use them, but I dislike being that involved in controlling what my players can pick.&nbsp; I have, for the first time ever, a psion.&nbsp; I told the player that if a power came up that was too broken, it would be nixed.&nbsp; I did not take the time to read the book and judge which powers might be thus and kill them before hand.&nbsp; It's only come up once, thank goodness.I could save myself a lot of trouble by narrowing the choices, but that creates a whole different problem: my player's enjoyability, and that is the most important thing.I do take from a lot of books (and magazines) everytime.&nbsp; Not because I have some masochistic desire to take from everywhere, but because as I flip through the MMs, I think &quot;used that two sessions ago,&quot; &quot;saving that for next campaign...hehehe,&quot; &quot;used that last campaign...no way they don't remember what that's about,&quot; &quot;doesn't fit, doesn't fit, hate that one, doesn't fit...,&quot; &quot;eh, that wouldn't survive half a round against these guys,&quot; &quot;this thing has Mordenkainen's Disjunction and Implosion 1/day and it's CR 12?&nbsp; WTH?&quot;In a more easily customizable D&amp;D DM environment (which WotC keeps saying 4e is), this desire for variety will be easier to manage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jaer, post: 4039171, member: 57861"] I can feel the breakdown as a player, too. The difference is, when I DM, I feel it is my job to lessen this breakdown as much as possible. It falls on me to balance thinks and to set up an adventure that is balanced and challenging. Players don't need to worry about balance. I, on the other hand, let me players use just about anything (except the Book of Exalted Deeds...that's fairly broken). I let buy most gear they want...they are 15th lvl and are the some of their kingdom's most valuable defenders. They aren't the most powerful people around, but they are up there. I do this because being overly restrictive keeps my players from exploring the characters they want to play. I admit it would probably take less time to review rules, spells, feats, and what not before a game a rule whether my players can and can't use them, but I dislike being that involved in controlling what my players can pick. I have, for the first time ever, a psion. I told the player that if a power came up that was too broken, it would be nixed. I did not take the time to read the book and judge which powers might be thus and kill them before hand. It's only come up once, thank goodness. I could save myself a lot of trouble by narrowing the choices, but that creates a whole different problem: my player's enjoyability, and that is the most important thing. I do take from a lot of books (and magazines) everytime. Not because I have some masochistic desire to take from everywhere, but because as I flip through the MMs, I think "used that two sessions ago," "saving that for next campaign...hehehe," "used that last campaign...no way they don't remember what that's about," "doesn't fit, doesn't fit, hate that one, doesn't fit...," "eh, that wouldn't survive half a round against these guys," "this thing has Mordenkainen's Disjunction and Implosion 1/day and it's CR 12? WTH?" In a more easily customizable D&D DM environment (which WotC keeps saying 4e is), this desire for variety will be easier to manage. [/QUOTE]

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