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It appears you are using an extreme example in an attempt to discredit my argument, that seems like weak reasoning. But to answer your argument, the system would support this, as well as any less extreme example between this and complete acceptance of every piece of material published, which...

I've never played E6, but I'm intrigued;- it looks good! Let us know how it goes.

Yeah, maybe. Just to clarify; I strongly disagree with the attitude that there is one true way to game. I think a lot of folk seem to not only believe there is only one true way, but they will argue to everyone else that its the case. But I have an open mind, and I'm not closed to debates or...

Only if you disregard parts of the system. The system advises that it is wise to choose what to allow in your game. Your arguments only work if you completely disregard this. No, but you may be. Here's why; Why not? There was a point in bring it up, after all. I'll disregard this, but...

I'm thinking of running rtee 3.5. What other material did you use? Cheers for the link, gonna check that out.

All but expected by who? Just because you feel you've established it, doesn't make it the only right way to play. The OP feels that the damage is considerably high. Because you consider it low damage doesn't give your opinion more validity than his. A big part of my point is that the system...

But what's the value in debating on what's overpowered or not? The OP is having difficulty addressing a problem with a player that he feels is building characters overpowered by his definition, for his game. In terms of his problem, if he feels its a problem, then its a problem. These threads...

Does it sing, tho? most say it doesn't and the supplement bloat seems to be a big culprit. There is a lot of choice, and one of the biggest ones is deciding what you will include in your game and what you wont. Thing is, you don't have to cut everything, just look at stuff on a case-by-case basis

and that would be railroading

Not sure how useful this advice is, but although "railroad" campaigns cop a lot of flak from the cool kids since 2nd edition now, there's a lot to be said for them! Some gamers just like to be part of a cool story and aren't looking for contrived complexity. Some resist it outright. If your...

I agree with this and reckon this is the crux of the problem. Although people will tell you in absolute terms this game can't do this or that, those opinions aren't necessarily that valid. Some people may have difficulty having the game work in a certain way for them, but others have found the...

It seems to be part of a naturally evolving gaming culture and language, albiet one that I believe originated with the optimization community. In that it was kind of natural, I kinda like it. It's not moronic to use it, its just a word. Some people seem to argue that its not cool to use it...

I don't need to be convinced that they respect me, or whatever, but this approach is my tentative assumption about, at least in part, their modus operandi, and that its good MO is one of the few reasons I'm curious to see how this all goes :D I don't know what settings they will or won't do. I...

This proposition is reasonable, and is AT LEAST worth considering :D

Interesting! Thanks for sharing!

My favourite is 3.x for its customisability, and the principle of one set of rules for all things. I'd strongly consider pathfinder, because from what I've seen, they have great production values- the quality of most of their stuff that I have seen is far greater than the quality of wotc stuff...

Not at all. Made me a little cynical too. Theres some pretty out-there stuff posted here at times, at others its hard to know and its good to ask questions.

For sure, but what do they base that on? Is it because they mindlessly adhere to a given edition, or because that edition works for them?

We are both interpreting. That's a point i was making. I thought, from what was actually said that you were extrapolating many degrees from what was actually said. I'm reading this stuff because I'm interested, and I'm open to ideas about what's going on, for sure. If you do have a convincing...

From what I've seen I'd agree. People like to argue I think, and people feel foolish if backed into an intellectual corner :D I don't agree that people don't know what they want tho.