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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lin_fusan" data-source="post: 3865451" data-attributes="member: 37085">My recent argumentI'm hoping my buddy doesn't read this thread. But I really need to vent.I've been running the Savage Tide Adventure Path and for various reasons I wanted to run it Core (ie. unfamiliar with 3.5, been so many years since I played 3.0, etc etc etc).A long-time friend of mine, who loves D&D and generally dislikes anything non-d20 decided to play a bard.A module later he was complaining that his bard didn't have access to really powerful spells.  :\ So he decides to switch to a wizard. We had all agreed that there would be a kind of level-loss if there was switching (there was a weird formula for it, but we had all agreed on it). Not only was he one level behind, but he had multi-classed (only one level, but still...) to rogue.Then he complained that he didn't have access to really powerful spells.  :\ His latest complaint was the wizards needed time to prep and memorize spells. He couldn't just cast any spell he wanted and thus concluded that wizards were underpowered.  :\ Recently I decided to open up the game to other material. He wanted to use the spell point variant in the Unearthed Arcana. After reading it, I OKed the choice, but asked, why not play a sorcerer if he wanted spontaneous spellcasting? He felt the sorcerer was too limited because it didn't have a wizard's versitility.  :\ I'd like to note that he always plays wizards in D&D. So did all this complaining come from?My desire to have "rocks fall and everyone dies" was mitigated by this realization that we're here to have fun. If I bend the rules so that my friend was having fun, then so be it. My only concern is if bending the rules makes the other players have less fun. Since no one else was playing a wizard, sorcerer, or arcane caster, then I figured no one would be penalized and he would benefit.Hopefully this will solve the problem. :\ In the OP's game, do they just like to argue like a rules lawyer, or is there something that hampers their fun? There is a lack of detail about the actual issue.</blockquote>

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