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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 5886924" data-attributes="member: 996">Because there's no need for an NPC stableboy to be balanced with the PC Knight whose horse he's tending to, and no need for the NPC Knight to be personally balanced against the NPC Evil High Priest that's going to be taking on the whole party by himself.&nbsp; Each has a very different place in the game.&nbsp; There's a need to balance whole-party-taking-on BBEGs against eachother, so that the DM knows what kind of challenge the represent and when he can 'safely' use them against his players.&nbsp; There's a need for PCs to be balanced against eachother, so that none dominate play or languish in relative uselessness.&nbsp; I don't think there's much need to keep stableboys and serving wenches and galley slaves balanced with eachother, though...&nbsp; 4e already gave them fewer spells, and it worked quite well.&nbsp; More restrictions is dicier.&nbsp; If those restrictions come up, any extra power given in compensation for them may be justified, but if they are easily worked around or ignored, it can be a major source of imbalance.&nbsp; Also, being heavily restricted isn't always that much fun...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 5886924, member: 996"] Because there's no need for an NPC stableboy to be balanced with the PC Knight whose horse he's tending to, and no need for the NPC Knight to be personally balanced against the NPC Evil High Priest that's going to be taking on the whole party by himself. Each has a very different place in the game. There's a need to balance whole-party-taking-on BBEGs against eachother, so that the DM knows what kind of challenge the represent and when he can 'safely' use them against his players. There's a need for PCs to be balanced against eachother, so that none dominate play or languish in relative uselessness. I don't think there's much need to keep stableboys and serving wenches and galley slaves balanced with eachother, though... 4e already gave them fewer spells, and it worked quite well. More restrictions is dicier. If those restrictions come up, any extra power given in compensation for them may be justified, but if they are easily worked around or ignored, it can be a major source of imbalance. Also, being heavily restricted isn't always that much fun... [/QUOTE]

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