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From: shp@crystal.UUCP
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Subject: Re: other than TSR
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Date: Mon, 29-Apr-85 11:11:36 EDT
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Posted: Mon Apr 29 11:11:36 1985
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> 
> 	A player who encounters a new class NOT put out by TSR, and
> 	finds a BIG challenge to fight. He then complains that the 
> 	class is unsuitable, or even (Heaven help us) illegal.
> 
> 	My question is:
> 		Do I allow such a class not to exist just
> 	because one of the players haven't heard about it for
> 	it didn't appear in Dragon magazine or anything else
> 	by TSR. 
> 
	1) If you play strict TSR stuff (I know of NO ONE who does!), then
    the class is illegal -- and so, probably, are most of your favorite 
    variations.

	2) Do you let your players refer to the monster books (no trademarks
    in THIS posting, other than TSR) each and every encounter?  Point is,
    just because people haven't HEARD of it doesn't mean that it doesn't
    exist.  I try to deliberately perturb the environment, so that players
    who enter the campaign with "prior knowledge" gained from other characters
    in other realms are penalized (to keep things in balance).  For example,
    kobolds may not be quite as wimpy as you think.... Anyway, the DM IS GOD
    (feel free to disagree), not the players.  If they've not heard of it,
    "Well, you have now."  If they insist on knowing everything, than you'll
    never have a problem fleecing them (re: previous net discussion), as you
    can constantly assess HUGE sage fees for all the unbased information.

	=shp