I agree with this. I have players asking me if they can use this stuff when I'm not running an Eberron campaign. It's really frustrating putting their hopes down and I wish I could hide it to show them what they REALLY have to work with.
Tailoring the allowed rulesets for use in a campaign should be mandatory. I had a character using the curse of Strahd player option, not knowing where the feat/background came from and simply used it. In the end I accepted it, however players should have an option to limit their choices to the resources allowed in a campaign.
You can always say players should know their rules, options, etc., but the truth is the majority just use what is available, not taking care where it come from. As a DM you then need to validate everything, because the player‘s might not care. Yes, frustrating, and if it ends up like in Pathfinder with hundreds of optional books, you‘re soon lost - and will end up similarly with people quitting, because they A) cannot afford to buy every possible extension and B) can‘t fit it in their mind, either.
Is there any way to hide playtest material?
If you search races (for example), using the "official" filter, you still get all the UA and Eberron stuff, which is all playtest material.
If I go into Dwarf, there is the Mark of Warding Dwarf - it's not even labelled as Eberron, easily mistaken as non-playtest.
It's becoming really frusturating. Is there a way to hide it? Or one in the works?
I agree with this. I have players asking me if they can use this stuff when I'm not running an Eberron campaign. It's really frustrating putting their hopes down and I wish I could hide it to show them what they REALLY have to work with.
Tailoring the allowed rulesets for use in a campaign should be mandatory. I had a character using the curse of Strahd player option, not knowing where the feat/background came from and simply used it. In the end I accepted it, however players should have an option to limit their choices to the resources allowed in a campaign.
You can always say players should know their rules, options, etc., but the truth is the majority just use what is available, not taking care where it come from. As a DM you then need to validate everything, because the player‘s might not care. Yes, frustrating, and if it ends up like in Pathfinder with hundreds of optional books, you‘re soon lost - and will end up similarly with people quitting, because they A) cannot afford to buy every possible extension and B) can‘t fit it in their mind, either.