Who is more bothered by the whole per-encoutner thing?

jasin · Oct 9, 2007

Just interested in what the ratios are.

Wolfspider · Oct 9, 2007

jasin said:
Just interested in what the ratios are.

More bothered about it than what?

jasin · Oct 9, 2007

Wolfspider said:
More bothered about it than what?

You were too quick for the poll.

I'm interested if there's any significant bias for/against the new philosophy of emphasizing per-encounter abilities among players who prefer spellcaster/non-spellcasters.

JoelF · Oct 9, 2007

I voted that I'm bothered by it, but that's not really true. What I'm bothered with is that I think they may have gone too far. If 80% if your resources are still there after you use your prepared spells, that's too much left in per encounter or at will for my tastes. I'd prefer about 50%.

Masquerade · Oct 9, 2007

I've been known to play a spellcaster or two, and I'm very excited for per encounter.

useridunavailable · Oct 9, 2007

Wolfspider said:
More bothered about it than what?

I think he means that it tastes more like regular Dr. Pepper.

Wormwood · Oct 9, 2007

*shrug*

I mostly DM, and I love per-encounter abilities.

(Psi)SeveredHead · Oct 9, 2007

I mostly GM (haven't run DnD 3.x in a while, though) and I love the idea. Trying to make spellcasters run out of spells at high levels was a pain, and trying to keep PC spellcasters from sucking at low levels was also a pain.

I think the change frees GMs to use harder, more interesting and exciting encounters instead of wimpy "attrition-based" encounters. The "resource management" would be threat of death rather than trying to make spellcasters consume spells and wands.

shilsen · Oct 9, 2007

I DM and run PCs of all kinds, and I really like the idea.

hazel monday · Oct 9, 2007

I mostly DM. The spellcasters I control rarely last for more than one encounter anyway before my players beat them to the curb and violate them.
So if NPCs only stick around for one fight, I'm wondering if there's gonna be any real difference from my perspective.
But for those occasions when I'm controlling an NPC ally of theirs, I can only hope 4.0 makes running a spellcaster less labor intensive.