Comment Can you elaborate about the shared campaign suggestions in Xanthar’s Guide? Other than simplifying bookkeeping, what are the rationales behind some of those things (Limiting books, avoiding gold, et c.?)
mikemearls11 points20 days ago
The idea is to make it as easy as possible for a DM to verify that someone’s character is fair and correct. It aims to avoid lots of fiddly details to check, so a DM can have faith that the characters are all on a level playing field.
