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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JeffB" data-source="post: 4858323" data-attributes="member: 518">Absolutely, the funny (sad) thing is they had already planned to hit re-set from the beginning according to people like Monte Cook, SKR, and other 3.0 designers).As to the discussion at hand- I like the "everything is core" mentality of the books- however "everything is core" to me as a DM does not mean "everything is permissable without my consent". It simply means the books are designed to be useful for all DMs and players because they are not  specific to a certain campaign setting or whatnot.That may not be everyone's interpretation but that is mine (and frankly ALWAYS has been- I'm fairly accomodating to new items, spells, and classes, just please run it by me to make sure whatever you want to use fits/can be fitted to the setting I'm using and/or is not "broken" ).Now if WOTC starts going the TSR route and requiring 15 prior splats and monster manuals to utilize the new X I just bought from them, then someone there is gonna get an earfull from me <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/rant.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rant:" title="Rant    :rant:" data-shortname=":rant:" />For my own part- I'm personally not going to buying the "X Power" books,  nor will I grab the PHB3 (nothing so far that I see in the PHB3 seems useable for the settings/games I run). But I will buy the MM3, and possibly DMG3. The PHB2/MM2 are bought already (and are great, love them both) and the DMG2 is on pre-order.  I don't think the release schedule really bothers me at all- I buy what I want, when I want/need it.  And if you are one of those gamers who feel compelled to keep up with the joneses (a mentality I personally can't identify with), the DDI will get you all the splat crunch for alot cheaper than the print books. To be honest though, I could get plenty of gaming mileage out of just the "1s", MM2 and AV1.</blockquote>

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