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<blockquote data-quote="Stormtower" data-source="post: 4439464" data-attributes="member: 43631">Lawyers are still alive in 4E, but IMO there are far fewer cases where the rules are truly ambiguous (caveat: haven't judged past 6th level so we'll see about Paragon and Epic tiers).&nbsp; One thing that is really refreshing though - and I hope it lasts - is the lack of multiple named stacking buffs.&nbsp; Lawyer/optimizers love to pick through online postings and splatbooks to combine the most broken synergistic combos in 3.X, polymorph subschool abuse (troglodyte alter self, I'm looking at you) and other such things.&nbsp; 4E is, for the moment, immune to such nonsense AFAIK.The intentional, explicit language of DM empowerment and authority in the 4E books also helps, but a weak or abusive judge could use this to ruin a game just like a certain breed of rules lawyer does.&nbsp; As in all past editions, it comes down to table culture and communication about play expectations.For organized play, I feel 4E will be a boon to judges because of the faster, cleaner and less ambiguous rules set.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormtower, post: 4439464, member: 43631"] Lawyers are still alive in 4E, but IMO there are far fewer cases where the rules are truly ambiguous (caveat: haven't judged past 6th level so we'll see about Paragon and Epic tiers). One thing that is really refreshing though - and I hope it lasts - is the lack of multiple named stacking buffs. Lawyer/optimizers love to pick through online postings and splatbooks to combine the most broken synergistic combos in 3.X, polymorph subschool abuse (troglodyte alter self, I'm looking at you) and other such things. 4E is, for the moment, immune to such nonsense AFAIK. The intentional, explicit language of DM empowerment and authority in the 4E books also helps, but a weak or abusive judge could use this to ruin a game just like a certain breed of rules lawyer does. As in all past editions, it comes down to table culture and communication about play expectations. For organized play, I feel 4E will be a boon to judges because of the faster, cleaner and less ambiguous rules set. [/QUOTE]

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