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CR was one of the places, but others were just things like the progressive ability toward alpha-striking, and at the GM end, simply managing a lot of the higher level monsters that got progressively busier (as I note when this comes up, I found this out the hard way when using a high level...

GURPS has a pretty fair number of plug-in systems that modify or outright replace extent rules. That probably describes most books for it that aren't setting books or, basically, gear books.

That was more a case of papering over the fact the multiclassing system didn't work worth a darn as soon as a spellcaster was in the mix, and wizard/cleric ones were a particularly stark case of this.

I still say, over and above any of my general issues with the D&D sphere, it broke pretty heavily in numerous places past about 12th level.

Yeah, they'd have had to been made essentially mandatory; perhaps in a version of the system that did something like the D20 Modern approach. I understand the position, but I just can't help but think PrCs that supported play-concepts that the core classes were never going to do had a place...

You can make at least an argument for GURPS.

Eh. I'm simply not going to get worked up in a game that's already focused on killing people in droves making it a little mechanically easier to do that. There's a discussion you can have about how most action-adventure fiction based RPGs have an overly casual view of killing, but suddenly...

Oh, yeah, that one is particularly sad.

Those particular style of potatoes are also very rare to find at food joints in my experience. I can think of one local restaurant that offers them, and--Shakey's. Its honestly the only reason to eat at Shakey's IMO.

Yeah. The disturbing thing is always people who aren't scammers, but genuinely have convinced themselves some bit of woo is true, and have the kind of educational background and experience that should have given them the tools not to fall for it.

Though it is a specialized one rather than a generalized one.

I wouldn't claim its invalid; but if there are arguments why the new method of doing something is simpler, serves more people, or is more coherent with the rest of the rules, then I think I'm going to go with those being a progression even if some people's preferences don't match up, unless they...

And then if you don't change enough, people complain its not really a new game.

You can do that to some degree with any decent word processor, as long as you know how to do columns and such things as boxes. Fillable PDFs are more complicated as you have to own some (rather expensive) PDF editing software and can sometimes be tricky.

Well, they at least should be able to explain why on some level beyond "I'm used to it the other way". I can explain the problems I see with A/D; some people might not care, but they're at least something beyond pure taste issues. As an example, though I might argue whether its as severe as...

And you have to look at your priorities too; Advantage/Disadvantage is clearly a strong simplifier for many people, but its one of the biggest things that chased me away from any interest in 5e, because I think it threw out the baby with the bathwater.

I was startled when I saw one a few weeks ago. I thought they were gone baby gone.

I technically have a lot of choices, but my pickiness doesn't actually express itself in the direction of things a lot of people would consider "good" in some quasi-universal sense. I'll pretty much consume from any of those you name (though I let myself have pizza rarely enough none of those...

Its the same with Hero. There are still plenty of Hero System fans out there, but it just doesn't have the presence it once did when Champions was one of the first games people thought of regarding superheroes, whether they liked it or not.

If that was a reference to 13th Age, I'm pretty sure it explicitly tells you to be transparent about what's mooks and what's not. (Though depending on the Daily, using that on mooks can actually be a pretty good deal, since you almost never waste damage If you've got a dozen mooks out there...