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<blockquote data-quote="barlie" data-source="post: 5824706" data-attributes="member: 6689634"><p>There are good points here, but keep in mind a couple of things. If immersion is important to the group then it may become jarring to have elven brutes or 7ft. tall halflings running amok. Now sure, this depends on the desires of the group and they should have that option of which type of game to play. The thing is, they always had that option--they could choose among different game systems and pick one which met their needs. </p><p></p><p>5th edition seems to be trying to bring all of these options under one game. You cannot but look at this as a major candidate for the most ambitious game design of all times. Not only are they trying to make one system which can cater to different game types, but (if I'm understanding correctly) they seem to want people with different ideas of what kind of game to play, to coexist in the same game at the same table. I mean...good luck. If they succeed, they would be the first to do so as far as I know. </p><p></p><p>I suspect they will fail at this, but still put out an amazing product that achieves part of what they were going for. I do *not* think they will be able to make it so that different people with different ideas of what game to play, will be able to function in the same game at the same table. In that respect, giving an "anything goes" approach to racial importance will likely be one of the hurdles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barlie, post: 5824706, member: 6689634"] There are good points here, but keep in mind a couple of things. If immersion is important to the group then it may become jarring to have elven brutes or 7ft. tall halflings running amok. Now sure, this depends on the desires of the group and they should have that option of which type of game to play. The thing is, they always had that option--they could choose among different game systems and pick one which met their needs. 5th edition seems to be trying to bring all of these options under one game. You cannot but look at this as a major candidate for the most ambitious game design of all times. Not only are they trying to make one system which can cater to different game types, but (if I'm understanding correctly) they seem to want people with different ideas of what kind of game to play, to coexist in the same game at the same table. I mean...good luck. If they succeed, they would be the first to do so as far as I know. I suspect they will fail at this, but still put out an amazing product that achieves part of what they were going for. I do *not* think they will be able to make it so that different people with different ideas of what game to play, will be able to function in the same game at the same table. In that respect, giving an "anything goes" approach to racial importance will likely be one of the hurdles. [/QUOTE]
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