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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Baumi" data-source="post: 6509498" data-attributes="member: 2569">I really don't know why it is still popular after so many years, since it is one of the most broken Systems I have ever played. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />At first level it plays great. It's fast, intuitive, the stunts are really fun and the books are gorgeous (Art always helps to get across the feeling of the setting). But very soon it all breaks apart.The biggest Problem is luckily one that can be fixed quite easily with a new setting .. the Spells. After several first and second Level Adventures we tried a 6th Level one and encountered a level 20+ Dragon (just to test combat against one of the hardest Enemies). And surprisingly it had no chance! The mage just easily paralised it and the Dragon had nearly no chance to come ever out of it (and then the Mage could just cast it again)! And I just talking about a standard Spell, not an advanced one or some kind of combo, the GM even gave it a very high Bonus to it's saves and still just failed round after round. Healing Spells are also very powerful, a group without a healer is MUCH, MUCH weaker than with one. Then there is a completely different kind of problem with the spells .. there are nearly no non-combat spells. Nearly all Spells are just Attack, Heal, Buff and Debuff Spells.Also there are only three Classes and still the balance is way of. The Rogue is worse than a warrior in every way. The warrior is far better in combat (toughness AND damage) and the Rogue cannot even shine out of combat.Then there are problems with the Attributes (some are more important than others) and how quickly they rise (which makes it very hard to make good challenges for the whole group).I was really hyped about the game when it came out, since I love Dragon Age and had good Experiences with Green Ronin Books, but this one was really disappointing (besides the mayor problems with the staggered Release Model).</blockquote>

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