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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6188255" data-attributes="member: 42582">For me, this is closely related to comments by [MENTION=22779]Hussar[/MENTION] and [MENTION=6696971]Manbearcat[/MENTION] upthread. I personally just don't really get the point of a PC-build system that allows players to build PCs that the GM will have to play special attention to in both designing and adjudicating challenges if those particular PCs are not to be noticably more effective than the rest.Why not just redesign your PC-build rules so that all PCs come out much the same in terms of mechanical and story effectiveness? It's not inherent to the concept of a fantasy RPG that there be these sorts of disparities across class design.My response to this is similar. If I have to turn to the encumbrance rules - a somewhat obscure and generally tedious subsystem - in order to avoid wizards being overpowered, the game has (in my view) taken a wrong turn. At a minimum, the system has to be easier to use and integrate into the broader play of the game. Preferably, there will be something that is itself closer to the core tropes and mechanics of the game that will do the job.In other words, this.</blockquote>