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<blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 49339" data-attributes="member: 172">Re: Re: Re: D&amp;D 3e to be changed to new d20 rules? 4e coming!Never said it would be. At least not significantly. (Though some people have problems subracting armor rating from damage from every hit problematic, most players I know can handle it...)That is where you are wrong. Right now, the balance in D&amp;D is centered around the character's capabilities, but accomodates a variety of character concepts, from the nimble rogue to the marvelous mage to the brute fighter.Now, when you throw armor into the DR column what happens? The nimble characters lose their edge as hurting a character in plate mail (who may be of much lower level) with a small weapon and low strength become untenable. The game shifts away from heroic fantasy and towards an infantry simulation.Sure, you can tweak this and that and the other thing to push it back in the direction of heroic... but if you do that, it WILL be more complex to accomodate that one change that you felt like you had to have. In the end, you will acheive the same result as you had before with AC and HP.A lot of playtesting and consideration went into 3e. While I can see why they might want to change things for other D20 system games, I seriously doubt that they are going to screw that up by trying to make D&amp;D into a game it is not, and lose the ground they regained with 3e.Again: you are wrong. IMNSHO.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Psion, post: 49339, member: 172"] [b]Re: Re: Re: D&D 3e to be changed to new d20 rules? 4e coming![/b] Never said it would be. At least not significantly. (Though some people have problems subracting armor rating from damage from every hit problematic, most players I know can handle it...) That is where you are wrong. Right now, the balance in D&D is centered around the character's capabilities, but accomodates a variety of character concepts, from the nimble rogue to the marvelous mage to the brute fighter. Now, when you throw armor into the DR column what happens? The nimble characters lose their edge as hurting a character in plate mail (who may be of much lower level) with a small weapon and low strength become untenable. The game shifts away from heroic fantasy and towards an infantry simulation. Sure, you can tweak this and that and the other thing to push it back in the direction of heroic... but if you do that, it WILL be more complex to accomodate that one change that you felt like you had to have. In the end, you will acheive the same result as you had before with AC and HP. A lot of playtesting and consideration went into 3e. While I can see why they might want to change things for other D20 system games, I seriously doubt that they are going to screw that up by trying to make D&D into a game it is not, and lose the ground they regained with 3e. Again: you are wrong. IMNSHO. [/QUOTE]

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