Hello,
I am suddenly starting a new Shadowrun campaign. For the first time, I have come across someone wanting to use something from a splatbook. Honestly, in 30 years of gaming, I had never come across the term "splatbook".
I look at them and see rules that are variations/additions and printed only in PDF. This makes me wonder:
1. Have the rules been as rigorously vetted as the core books?
2. How much of a monster will I be for deciding, as a rule, to simply not use splatbooks?
3. Is it worth having hundreds more pages of rules to mange?
But I am naive about what is in the splatbooks and, frankly, even though I am a Shadowrun fanboy, I am not eager to invest the money and TIME to include splatbooks unless there is a compelling argument.
What are you thoughts and experiences with them?
[And, holy crap, there is a shedload of anti-spam mechanisms on this site!]
I look forward to hearing your experience and opinions.