Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
Legends & Lore 09/03 - RPG design philosophy
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6011801" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>My stuff wasn't about swinginess <em>per se</em>... it was a possible explanation as to why some of the people above said that a balanced game was <strong>boring</strong>.</p><p></p><p>The question is... what part of the game's balance do they find boring? Is it the fact that <em>all the PCs are relatively equal to each other</em> that they find boring? Or is it the fact that <em>the PCs as a group</em> are relatively equal to the challenges they face that they find boring?</p><p></p><p>For all we know... folks like Steely_Dan or Mishihari Lord couldn't care less about the balance between PCs... all that matters is how exciting or boring the game as a whole is. And yes... from a certain point of view, there IS a predictability in a balanced game, where the victor is meant to be one side 95% of the time. The game is balanced TO BE UNBALANCED in <em>determining who wins</em>.</p><p></p><p>And whereas the unpredictability in pre-4E usually was because of swinginess... the unpredictability in 4E usually is because of DM encounter building. And it appears as though some people just prefer that the dice fall where they may, as opposed to leaving it up to the DM to dictate that unpredictablility.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6011801, member: 7006"] My stuff wasn't about swinginess [I]per se[/I]... it was a possible explanation as to why some of the people above said that a balanced game was [B]boring[/B]. The question is... what part of the game's balance do they find boring? Is it the fact that [I]all the PCs are relatively equal to each other[/I] that they find boring? Or is it the fact that [I]the PCs as a group[/I] are relatively equal to the challenges they face that they find boring? For all we know... folks like Steely_Dan or Mishihari Lord couldn't care less about the balance between PCs... all that matters is how exciting or boring the game as a whole is. And yes... from a certain point of view, there IS a predictability in a balanced game, where the victor is meant to be one side 95% of the time. The game is balanced TO BE UNBALANCED in [I]determining who wins[/I]. And whereas the unpredictability in pre-4E usually was because of swinginess... the unpredictability in 4E usually is because of DM encounter building. And it appears as though some people just prefer that the dice fall where they may, as opposed to leaving it up to the DM to dictate that unpredictablility. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
Legends & Lore 09/03 - RPG design philosophy
Top