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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 5294762" data-attributes="member: 42582">On the whole, I don't like this apparent feature of the Essentials design.I've had a lot of experience playing a game which puts a huge burden on the GM to determine and adjudicate the ruleset - namely, Rolemaster - and one appeal of 4e was it indie-like promise of delivering a good game played as written right out of the box.And for my group it has come very close to delivering on that promise - a few tweaks to some powers, action point options for skill challenges and some monster revisions have done the job.One part of the game that I've quite liked, and that works well with "treasure parcels" and "wishlists", is the explicit incorporation of magic items as part of a PC's build. If Essentials is moving away from this, and putting more burdens on me as a GM to oversee my players in building their PCs, then I'm not that keen. I want balanced game elements that my players can pick and choose between as they see fit. If I wanted a system where the character build rules only work when the GM exercises tight and ongoing oversight, I'd be playing Hero or GURPS or something like that.</blockquote>