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<blockquote data-quote="Mark" data-source="post: 1428750" data-attributes="member: 5">Yup.&nbsp; I hear you.&nbsp; It's a temptation, always, for us old-schoolers to tamper with the rules, here and there, to increase the various things that don't seem to work the same way as they did in previous versions (or as they did in comparison to house rules we might have used in previous versions to fill gaps that were there).&nbsp; Problem is, once you make that adjustment you run the risk of creating a rule/move/advantage that everyone takes because it becomes just too useful to ignore in comparison to other things that now seem underpowered.Personally, rather than tinker with the bits and bobs, I've run games where I simply advanced all characters after one or two sessions so that the fundamental balance isn't shifted but the options become more readily available across the board.&nbsp; When you think about it, even if you allow advancement ever other session, even in a campaign where you get to play every other week, it'll still take over a year before you get close to level 20 characters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark, post: 1428750, member: 5"] Yup. I hear you. It's a temptation, always, for us old-schoolers to tamper with the rules, here and there, to increase the various things that don't seem to work the same way as they did in previous versions (or as they did in comparison to house rules we might have used in previous versions to fill gaps that were there). Problem is, once you make that adjustment you run the risk of creating a rule/move/advantage that [i]everyone[/i] takes because it becomes just too useful to ignore in comparison to other things that now seem underpowered. Personally, rather than tinker with the bits and bobs, I've run games where I simply advanced all characters after one or two sessions so that the fundamental balance isn't shifted but the options become more readily available across the board. When you think about it, even if you allow advancement ever other session, even in a campaign where you get to play every other week, it'll still take over a year before you get close to level 20 characters. [/QUOTE]

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