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<blockquote data-quote="Magil" data-source="post: 6014251" data-attributes="member: 6672353"><p>Well, to be honest, I don't want to play a system where I have to second-guess the GM to that degree <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> Typically, I don't "buy" character options that only work in one particular situation, unless I can create the situation myself. And if the only choices (or even the majority of them) in a game were those kind of choices I probably wouldn't want to play! Just not my style. I should note that I'm not terribly familiar with those kinds of systems that, as you said earlier, were very different from DnD. I play DnD because that's the kind of style I like.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not against seeking balance--actually, I'm all for it. There can be a point where too much is sacrificed in the name of balance, but I don't think DnD will ever go down that road in my eyes. Though I'm willing to bet that 4th edition represented precisely that for some. </p><p></p><p>This is what I tried to highlight earlier when I said that Pun-Pun was okay, the Batman wizard is not okay. To me, Pun-Pun isn't enough to make me think less of a system, but the Batman wizard says to me that the system is broken (though perhaps I should rather use the druid or divine metamagic cleric as more direct examples).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magil, post: 6014251, member: 6672353"] Well, to be honest, I don't want to play a system where I have to second-guess the GM to that degree ;) Typically, I don't "buy" character options that only work in one particular situation, unless I can create the situation myself. And if the only choices (or even the majority of them) in a game were those kind of choices I probably wouldn't want to play! Just not my style. I should note that I'm not terribly familiar with those kinds of systems that, as you said earlier, were very different from DnD. I play DnD because that's the kind of style I like. I'm not against seeking balance--actually, I'm all for it. There can be a point where too much is sacrificed in the name of balance, but I don't think DnD will ever go down that road in my eyes. Though I'm willing to bet that 4th edition represented precisely that for some. This is what I tried to highlight earlier when I said that Pun-Pun was okay, the Batman wizard is not okay. To me, Pun-Pun isn't enough to make me think less of a system, but the Batman wizard says to me that the system is broken (though perhaps I should rather use the druid or divine metamagic cleric as more direct examples). [/QUOTE]
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