GuardianLurker
Adventurer
Survey Says!....
In general, I always curate the game elements in my homebrew. Sometimes, that's with a very light hand (i.e. it's a Vanilla Kitchen Sink setting, like my first 3x game). Other times its with a thematic hand (my current PF2e game is set at the equivalent of the beginning of Imperial Rome, doesn't use many of the Core Races, and some classes are bound to specific Cultures/Nations). And a few with large restrictions (my last 3x game, which was psionics-only, and basically no permanent magic items). Generally, the restrictions pretty much always start at the Book level (e.g "not using Guns and Gears"), and I'll explicitly call out the specific elements if it isn't a total ban on the book.
Players can get me to rule on "new Books/elements", but the general rule is "if I don't have a print copy, it's not allowed."
In general, I always curate the game elements in my homebrew. Sometimes, that's with a very light hand (i.e. it's a Vanilla Kitchen Sink setting, like my first 3x game). Other times its with a thematic hand (my current PF2e game is set at the equivalent of the beginning of Imperial Rome, doesn't use many of the Core Races, and some classes are bound to specific Cultures/Nations). And a few with large restrictions (my last 3x game, which was psionics-only, and basically no permanent magic items). Generally, the restrictions pretty much always start at the Book level (e.g "not using Guns and Gears"), and I'll explicitly call out the specific elements if it isn't a total ban on the book.
Players can get me to rule on "new Books/elements", but the general rule is "if I don't have a print copy, it's not allowed."