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<blockquote data-quote="covaithe" data-source="post: 4552847" data-attributes="member: 46559"><p>Likewise. As a judge, if I see someone retire a character and then submit a character that's very close to the one they retired but with better weapons, say, I'd probably have a chat with them by email before approving, pointing out that this isn't really what the retirement mechanism is for, and wouldn't they really rather try something else? If they did it again, I could see going so far as to refuse to approve the character, but I don't think I'd ever be happy selectively applying a mechanical penalty by fiat. </p><p></p><p>Perhaps if there were a paragraph something like, </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thoughts?</p><p></p><p>I still feel like there should be a level penalty, even if it's just one level. </p><p>My only real concern about the retirement thing is that it provides an opportunity for players to switch to the Flavor of the Month class. If we see a lot of 2nd level retirements when the swordmage class gets approved, or a lot of, say, 6th level retirements when barbarians are approved, it will annoy me. One reason that I've not been worried about power creep in new WotC publications was the belief that older characters would still be more powerful because they would be higher level. If there's no level penalty for retirement, that safeguard is gone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="covaithe, post: 4552847, member: 46559"] Likewise. As a judge, if I see someone retire a character and then submit a character that's very close to the one they retired but with better weapons, say, I'd probably have a chat with them by email before approving, pointing out that this isn't really what the retirement mechanism is for, and wouldn't they really rather try something else? If they did it again, I could see going so far as to refuse to approve the character, but I don't think I'd ever be happy selectively applying a mechanical penalty by fiat. Perhaps if there were a paragraph something like, Thoughts? I still feel like there should be a level penalty, even if it's just one level. My only real concern about the retirement thing is that it provides an opportunity for players to switch to the Flavor of the Month class. If we see a lot of 2nd level retirements when the swordmage class gets approved, or a lot of, say, 6th level retirements when barbarians are approved, it will annoy me. One reason that I've not been worried about power creep in new WotC publications was the belief that older characters would still be more powerful because they would be higher level. If there's no level penalty for retirement, that safeguard is gone. [/QUOTE]
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