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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ForceUser" data-source="post: 332571" data-attributes="member: 2785">Re: Re: Re: Why don't you buy non-WoTC stuff?Bluffside looks totally cool! Unfortunately, I'm running Oriental Adventures for the foreseeable future - don't suppose you could do a book on medieval Peking? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Seriously though, for me it's a matter of K.I.S.S. (no, not the band, the acronym: Keep It Simple, Stupid). There are so many D20 products out there right now that it's a bit overwhelming trying to figure out what to choose - so I just don't. "When in doubt, stick with WotC" has become something of an unofficial motto at our gaming table. We're hesitant to add 3rd party rules to our play, especially new spells. Feats are sort of in the middle, and we're most accepting of prestige classes. Everything is on a case-by-case basis, but at the end of the day it's easier not to worry about how a 3rd party book is going to affect our gameplay. I know that's not what a D20 publisher wants to hear, but it's the truth in our case. I will say this, Hal: most of the D20 books I bought because of what I read about them on these very messageboards and said to myself "Cool! I need to check that out!" I don't go to D20 websites very often except to click a link now and then to support ENWorld, and I don't like to read books at the game store (feels like cheating to me, plus I'm lazy), so most of what I hear about cool D20 books comes from word-of-mouth.</blockquote>

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