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<blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8719453" data-attributes="member: 86653"><p>Honestly, I'd like to have seem a more even split. Neither too light nor too heavy on combat or social mechanics. The more crunch the slower the game plays.</p><p></p><p>Yeah, I think that's what bugs me the most. They're going to do what they're going to do, my choices are to buy or not. But if they're going to strip out the Japanese cultural references...why do it haphazardly and leave in or add so many non-Japanese cultural references. Yin Yang jumps out. There's suddenly an entire class based around Daoism and sorcery and alchemy.</p><p></p><p>They are a dream for people who still want heavier mechanics and some 4E style combat in 5E. I think I've rounded the bend completely on this one and just shake my head. Why make every class that complex? There's lots of neat stuff in there, evocative and fun sounding, absolutely. It just gives me a stress headache thinking about having to go back to tracking dozens of conditions, dozens of resource types, on and on and on.</p><p></p><p>It's not you. It's an incredibly bizarre choice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="overgeeked, post: 8719453, member: 86653"] Honestly, I'd like to have seem a more even split. Neither too light nor too heavy on combat or social mechanics. The more crunch the slower the game plays. Yeah, I think that's what bugs me the most. They're going to do what they're going to do, my choices are to buy or not. But if they're going to strip out the Japanese cultural references...why do it haphazardly and leave in or add so many non-Japanese cultural references. Yin Yang jumps out. There's suddenly an entire class based around Daoism and sorcery and alchemy. They are a dream for people who still want heavier mechanics and some 4E style combat in 5E. I think I've rounded the bend completely on this one and just shake my head. Why make every class that complex? There's lots of neat stuff in there, evocative and fun sounding, absolutely. It just gives me a stress headache thinking about having to go back to tracking dozens of conditions, dozens of resource types, on and on and on. It's not you. It's an incredibly bizarre choice. [/QUOTE]
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