I know DMs who think everything is better if it's homebrew and their games all suck.
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I'll have to pull some money out of the ATM machine (after putting in my PIN number of course) so I can buy the book with the RAW rules
...used to be able to get them all on a compact CD disc for reading on your personal PC computer...
Often running things RAW is the brave move.
Like have you ever run a chase scene according to the DMG?
Man I love Dark Place.
Me too!
And we're lucky there's so much great documentary footage on how it was made. /s
But seriously, the interviews are so great.
Rules as written: I can make my own rules. Checkmate atheists.
Granted, I'm already burnt out on 5e, but the idea of running it RAW is particularly unappetizing. Aside from shutting down a lot of creativity, a lot of the rules are straight-up busted or missing entirely.
Pf2e subreddit in shambles.
I almost never needed to homebrew anything when I ran pf2e. It actually has an the rules I needed.
Yeah, I know. I'm just poking fun at how... Forceful that subreddit ihas been whenever homebrew is brought up.
The books a billion pages thick for a reason.