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<blockquote data-quote="Hassassin" data-source="post: 5819141" data-attributes="member: 6675228"><p>To me the minimum for 'supporting' a certain style of play means that 1) it is works without a lot of gotchas, and 2) it doesn't encourage players away from that style. Some encouraging rules are probably a good idea, but they can be optional.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I agree. As long as any of the rules that reward a certain play style over others (e.g. any rewards for narration) are in optional rules/modules, it should work.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure. The only area where CAW and CAS are in a direct mechanical conflict is, IMO, how character resources - including health - restore. Other things that support one or the other can usually be ignored just fine: e.g. a lot of CAW support in spells is just "fluff" in CAS, whereas the equivalent of 4e page 42 is "rules" in CAS and probably ignored in CAW.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hassassin, post: 5819141, member: 6675228"] To me the minimum for 'supporting' a certain style of play means that 1) it is works without a lot of gotchas, and 2) it doesn't encourage players away from that style. Some encouraging rules are probably a good idea, but they can be optional. I agree. As long as any of the rules that reward a certain play style over others (e.g. any rewards for narration) are in optional rules/modules, it should work. Sure. The only area where CAW and CAS are in a direct mechanical conflict is, IMO, how character resources - including health - restore. Other things that support one or the other can usually be ignored just fine: e.g. a lot of CAW support in spells is just "fluff" in CAS, whereas the equivalent of 4e page 42 is "rules" in CAS and probably ignored in CAW. [/QUOTE]
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