PF GM's: Opinions on 3rd party content?

[parizzio]

I'm looking to start adding 3rd party content into my pathfinder game.

I'd like to add Psionics Unleashed, and then proceed to any content you could find on d20pfsrd.org.

Are any GM's using this, and if so, do they strongly affect game balance?

[Cheeseweasel]

I've got enough on my plate just dealing with Paizo products, personally. So I can't tell you how they affect game balance, but I find the proliferation of possible stuff in-house is already bewildering. YMMV, and I DO like psionics... so, good luck?

:)

[Adamantine Dragon]

I've probably been burned too badly by 3.5 3rd party content. Our group currently does not use any 3rd party content and haven't even allowed all the Paizo books yet.

[clawoftiamat]

Psionics unleashed is amazingly balanced. Most things from Super Genius Games are pretty well balanced.

[LazarX]

The thing with psionics you need to answer are these questions.

1. Do I really need yet another magic system in my world? Because that's what psionics are when you boil things down to it.

2. How does this flavor of magic mix with what I have already? Psionics is not EVER something I would intruduce in a world in which I'm going for an Ars Magica type flavor,although I could easily see it in Eberron.

The problem that you'll find with the answers here is that these are recipes by different cooks running different games than yours. One cook's spices can utterly ruin another cook's meals.

While this comes up with other third party content, few are as overreaching and potentially contentious as psionics.

[Rynjin]

I would say that it does not effectively shift game balance, though without extensive reflavoring it might not fit in your campaign.

Many other third party things are balanced, but just as many aren't. It's a bit of a crapshoot.

[Ximen Bao]

I'm using selected races/classes from psionics for campaign reasons. Beyond that, all 3PP (and a big chunk of non-core content) is on an ask-first basis.