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Old 31st October 2008, 03:54 PM   #47 (permalink)
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Re: balance. You can _always_ throw out balance as it suits you, and of course should. However, don't have any illusions: when you throw out the balance as written in the book, you are creating MORE work for yourself, not less.

Let me restate my position, then.

"Balance" is something the players have to worry about. Does this make more work for the DM? In some ways:

(1) The DM has to have sufficient clues in his setting to allow the PCs to make rational choices about balance.

(2) Actually, there is no (2).


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