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<blockquote data-quote="Vomax" data-source="post: 4108628" data-attributes="member: 61374"><p>I don't completely disagree, as some of the powers don't appear to have much basis in reality, but isn't fluff->mechanics really what led to spellcasters being so overpowered in the previous edition? <em>Of course</em> the guy who can shoot lightning from his fingertips and fly around the room is going to beat the guy who waddles around and hits people with his sword, but it's not really fair for the sword waddler.</p><p></p><p>Ideally going the other way will result in a much more balanced game, though that will apparently come at the cost of easily understood or "realistic" abilities. I suppose, in the end, it's one of those things that's not going to have an answer that will satisfy everyone. People looking to play a game will want numbers that work whereas people looking to experience a story will want things to make sense (assuming a reasonable suspension of disbelief). Not that you can't have both, but it ain't easy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vomax, post: 4108628, member: 61374"] I don't completely disagree, as some of the powers don't appear to have much basis in reality, but isn't fluff->mechanics really what led to spellcasters being so overpowered in the previous edition? [i]Of course[/i] the guy who can shoot lightning from his fingertips and fly around the room is going to beat the guy who waddles around and hits people with his sword, but it's not really fair for the sword waddler. Ideally going the other way will result in a much more balanced game, though that will apparently come at the cost of easily understood or "realistic" abilities. I suppose, in the end, it's one of those things that's not going to have an answer that will satisfy everyone. People looking to play a game will want numbers that work whereas people looking to experience a story will want things to make sense (assuming a reasonable suspension of disbelief). Not that you can't have both, but it ain't easy. [/QUOTE]
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