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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 4747978" data-attributes="member: 12731">Thanks everybody for participating in this thread (and others).I might not have had this goal in mind when I first started it, but during the discussion I have more and more regarded it as a way to test my misgivings about the system to see if I have missed something essential.Your replies have been insightful, partly in what you haven't said.Basically, I haven't seen anything that makes me think I am unjust when I conclude the surge mechanic in 4E relies heavily on self-deception. Things simply don't get as exciting as they should when you see through the math, realizing that any peril is mostly illusory.I need... what I need I have told you already. Time to go to the next phase; which means move over to the house rules forum.Again thank you. You have convinced me I either need to make some drastic changes to 4E for it to work the way I want it; change nothing and just suck it up; or simply move to another system. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>