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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 3414585" data-attributes="member: 4937">Careful.&nbsp; Someone's likely to go nuclear over such a non-subjective statement.Yes, clearest.&nbsp; And, most comprehensive (the fewest things which would come up in regular play for which there is not already a resolution).&nbsp; Most elegant in the sense of smallest set of base/universal mechanics with the fewest exceptions, fewest special cases, fewest dependent tables, fewest irregularities and unpredictable areas.&nbsp; The least 'buggy' in the sense one would refer to a computer program, in that there are fewer moments where the 'system' comes to a crashing halt and must be 'fixed' with a house rule.&nbsp; (Just as a for example that comes to mind, that intellectual nerds with runny noses had a better sense of smell than wolves.&nbsp; You don't know how happy I was to see the 'scent' ability, so I'd not have to fight that battle again.)I've seen alot of tweaking of the rules in 3rd, but nothing like what was common in 1st.&nbsp; Nor have I the experience of whole sections of the rules being reutinely ignored by almost everyone, as they were in earlier editions.&nbsp;&nbsp; Nor do I have the experience of experienced players not knowing whole sections of the rules because they were too confusing to understand, to bothersome in actual play, and reutinely had been ignored in every group that they were in.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 3414585, member: 4937"] Careful. Someone's likely to go nuclear over such a non-subjective statement. Yes, clearest. And, most comprehensive (the fewest things which would come up in regular play for which there is not already a resolution). Most elegant in the sense of smallest set of base/universal mechanics with the fewest exceptions, fewest special cases, fewest dependent tables, fewest irregularities and unpredictable areas. The least 'buggy' in the sense one would refer to a computer program, in that there are fewer moments where the 'system' comes to a crashing halt and must be 'fixed' with a house rule. (Just as a for example that comes to mind, that intellectual nerds with runny noses had a better sense of smell than wolves. You don't know how happy I was to see the 'scent' ability, so I'd not have to fight that battle again.) I've seen alot of tweaking of the rules in 3rd, but nothing like what was common in 1st. Nor have I the experience of whole sections of the rules being reutinely ignored by almost everyone, as they were in earlier editions. Nor do I have the experience of experienced players not knowing whole sections of the rules because they were too confusing to understand, to bothersome in actual play, and reutinely had been ignored in every group that they were in. [/QUOTE]

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