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<blockquote data-quote="Riastlin" data-source="post: 5699828" data-attributes="member: 94022">Well, I think one of the goals of 4ed in its design was to try to simplify a lot of things (diagonal movement counts the same as forward or sideways, etc.).&nbsp; I think they felt it was just easier to make a general rule and then leave it in the hands of the DM if they want to give bonuses for certain circumstances.&nbsp; There are so many different situations that can come up that its pretty much impossible to cover them all in the books, so once you decide you won't cover everything, the question becomes what do you cover?&nbsp; Obviously there will always be a difference of opinion as to what should be covered.&nbsp;The long and short (no pun intended) of it is that they decided to treat small critters the same as medium.&nbsp; &nbsp;As for me personally, I haven't had the issue come up in any of the games I've either run or played in (i.e. a small character asking if he should get a bonus or be able to get more cover, etc.)&nbsp; Every group's different though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Riastlin, post: 5699828, member: 94022"] Well, I think one of the goals of 4ed in its design was to try to simplify a lot of things (diagonal movement counts the same as forward or sideways, etc.). I think they felt it was just easier to make a general rule and then leave it in the hands of the DM if they want to give bonuses for certain circumstances. There are so many different situations that can come up that its pretty much impossible to cover them all in the books, so once you decide you won't cover everything, the question becomes what do you cover? Obviously there will always be a difference of opinion as to what should be covered. The long and short (no pun intended) of it is that they decided to treat small critters the same as medium. As for me personally, I haven't had the issue come up in any of the games I've either run or played in (i.e. a small character asking if he should get a bonus or be able to get more cover, etc.) Every group's different though. [/QUOTE]

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