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<blockquote data-quote="Raith5" data-source="post: 6282922" data-attributes="member: 56051"><p>I like epic gaming and high fantasy. I think some editions were no designed with epic play in mind at all. I think 4th ed made a very good fist of it and I had fun epic play in AD&D - even though the math of saves did not seem to work from memory.</p><p></p><p>I think the central problem has been getting 1) the maths right and 2) the storytelling right putting too much onus on the GM. I think 4th ed "shows the way" on both these fronts. The maths works OK (and bounded accuracy of DDN may be even better) and the mechanics of powers, rituals give a lot of tools (and responsibility) for players to advance the play rather than resting wholly upon the DM. The only real problem here was a overload of powers and feats that create an overload of options that can slow down play even more than normal 3rd and 4th ed play.</p><p></p><p>So I am glad that some editions (especially BECMI and 4th ed) have pushed the game in high fantasy directions but I do understand why some would not like to see it in the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raith5, post: 6282922, member: 56051"] I like epic gaming and high fantasy. I think some editions were no designed with epic play in mind at all. I think 4th ed made a very good fist of it and I had fun epic play in AD&D - even though the math of saves did not seem to work from memory. I think the central problem has been getting 1) the maths right and 2) the storytelling right putting too much onus on the GM. I think 4th ed "shows the way" on both these fronts. The maths works OK (and bounded accuracy of DDN may be even better) and the mechanics of powers, rituals give a lot of tools (and responsibility) for players to advance the play rather than resting wholly upon the DM. The only real problem here was a overload of powers and feats that create an overload of options that can slow down play even more than normal 3rd and 4th ed play. So I am glad that some editions (especially BECMI and 4th ed) have pushed the game in high fantasy directions but I do understand why some would not like to see it in the game. [/QUOTE]
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