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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ruemere" data-source="post: 3165172" data-attributes="member: 5515">Responding to Lanefan...Re: swimming / another trait Still, all one needs is a simple free rank or two in a skill to avoid adding to default character model.Re: when rolls disagree with character's concept No quarrel here. I prefer character creation with lower degree of randomness. It allows, among other thing, for planning social aspect of party adventuring. For example, some campaigns I run rely on characters being members of a team of similar individuals, only later developing into more unique personalities. There was also one short adventure based on a concept of characters being very similar, slowly evolving and becoming unique, and finally, at the end of the story, realizing that they are merely parts of one split personality travelling through dream realm, and that in order to survive and wake they have to sacrifice their individuality.Re: Treasure and components I don't. My real gaming started with WFRP, where treasure is scarce to nonexistent. I like the idea of simple sacrifice system. It's just that in a system where you can easily access items worth thousands of gold pieces (or rely on monster-of-the-week type of opposition to avoid handing out too many magic weapons), it's not as easy.Re: Abuse of transportation spells Umm, we're talking about 4th edition core rules, right? And how should they differ from 3rd.Rest assured that I have designed some home-made prevention systems, still, as per core rules, defense mechanism for one castle would drain up resources of medium size kingdom.I don't like tweaking starndards too much, though, as it sometimes breaks up adventures and adds too many little exceptions over the course of campaigning.Also, SH&T problem is a little more complex thing than simple transportation issue. It's all about spells being superior to mundane means of solving problems while, IMHO, they should offer only equally viable alternative.Re: Resurrection failure chance There were sessions where I failed my own resurrection roll more than once. It hurt, especially when you played tough warrior with 16 Constitution.Re: Scaling damage *sigh* Does not work with spellcasters on the opposing side.Re: disruptive, or temporary disabling vs temporary killing I prefer dying to be a rather important in game event instead of save/load pause. True. However, I'm talking about steretyping caused by the system, not how the players are supposed to circumvent it. Also, about how rock-paper-scissor type of system leads to unbalancing encounters (and to certain predictability). There are games which handle this type of scaling while maintaining high attractiveness. The curve of power increase does not need to be steep provided you avoid giving out binary powers[1] and allow for character growth unrelated to combat effectiveness.regards,Ruemere[1] Binary power: Power which yields definitive result (usually success or failure), irrespectively of circumstances. Examples: Detect Evil spell. Detect Magic spells.</blockquote>

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