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<blockquote data-quote="francisca" data-source="post: 2987933" data-attributes="member: 9734">Screw that.&nbsp; Balance schmalance.Older editions were as balanced as the DM.&nbsp; All this talk of balance in 3e is to compensate for DMs who cannot maintain this balance at their table.&nbsp; Their are many reasons for this: inexperience behind the screen and really crafty rule twisting players being the primary two.So, the primary beneficiaries of the &quot;inheirent balance&quot; in 3e are:1) n00b DMs2) spineless DMs who lack the ability to place their foot in the proper orafice of players who ruleslawyer the hell out of the game3) Organized play, like the RPGA, where consistency is a mustFor me, at home, with my laid back beer-n-pretzels group, the balance and all of the codification that go along with it is a hindrance.&nbsp; I question just how balanced it really is, anyway.&nbsp; Just because you can point to a formula that calculates the DC for a save doesn't make it balanced, for example.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="francisca, post: 2987933, member: 9734"] Screw that. Balance schmalance. Older editions were as balanced as the DM. All this talk of balance in 3e is to compensate for DMs who cannot maintain this balance at their table. Their are many reasons for this: inexperience behind the screen and really crafty rule twisting players being the primary two. So, the primary beneficiaries of the "inheirent balance" in 3e are: 1) n00b DMs 2) spineless DMs who lack the ability to place their foot in the proper orafice of players who ruleslawyer the hell out of the game 3) Organized play, like the RPGA, where consistency is a must For me, at home, with my laid back beer-n-pretzels group, the balance and all of the codification that go along with it is a hindrance. I question just how balanced it really is, anyway. Just because you can point to a formula that calculates the DC for a save doesn't make it balanced, for example. [/QUOTE]

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