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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dykstrav" data-source="post: 3161782" data-attributes="member: 40522">The current level of complexity is fine. I personally think people want to see rules changes to those areas where they don't use the rules often (like grapple rules). Whether they avoid these situations because they don't like the rules for them or they just don't come up often varies between groups.The way I see it, D&D boils down to a few essential elements: Six ability scores, race as a template, class as an overlay to that basic template that gives you most of your abilities, and rolling a d20 to beat up monsters and make saves. Other conventions have evovled as the game has developed, such as most powers being based on using them x number of times/day. Just about everything else is fair game for change as long as I get to explore dungeons and kill critters effeciently and reasonably quickly with the basic rules set.I'd personally like to see a trait-based spellcasting system similar to the epic magic system presented in the Epic Level Handbook. What I mean by this is that a spell's characteristics actually have something to do with its level- instead of having to buy a feat to get a longer range on your burning hands spell, you just increase its casting DC or effective level. A roll-to-cast thing would be nice too, it'd give spellcasters more chances to enjoy the thrill of a high roll like all the melee-oriented characters get. Such a system would truly be divergent from D&D as it's presented now though.</blockquote>

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