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<blockquote data-quote="sinecure" data-source="post: 4567020" data-attributes="member: 37668">You can't have narrative balance as you define it in an RPG.&nbsp; Sharing the spotlight is basically an aspect of communication, not playing a game.&nbsp; Players need to determine for themselves how they work together.&nbsp; A game designer would need to write a script for players to follow like in a movie to divvy up equal playing time.&nbsp; But following a script is for making movies, not playing roleplaying games.&nbsp; A roleplaying game cannot make a player play the game a certain manner.&nbsp; It only allows for playing a character in a simulation.&nbsp; That the simulation leads to interesting effects like the Prisoner's Dilemma effect is secondary. And every character having the ability to kill everything in the room is a party full of Wizards.&nbsp; I don't see how any one or all players having the ability to cast Sleep on a room full of orcs ruins anyone's day.&nbsp; This is the first I've heard of such a complaint on ENWorld.&nbsp; What about Cloudkill or all the other area effect spells that are designed to kill monsters?&nbsp; Are those all game ruining effects?&nbsp; It's just odd to me that you would play D&amp;D if that is something you do not like as Wizards and spells that kill everything in a room have been in the game for a long, long time.But RPGs are simulation games.&nbsp; I'm not calling you a liar or anything. I'm saying the game supports playing it as written.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sinecure, post: 4567020, member: 37668"] You can't have narrative balance as you define it in an RPG. Sharing the spotlight is basically an aspect of communication, not playing a game. Players need to determine for themselves how they work together. A game designer would need to write a script for players to follow like in a movie to divvy up equal playing time. But following a script is for making movies, not playing roleplaying games. A roleplaying game cannot make a player play the game a certain manner. It only allows for playing a character in a simulation. That the simulation leads to interesting effects like the Prisoner's Dilemma effect is secondary. And every character having the ability to kill everything in the room is a party full of Wizards. I don't see how any one or all players having the ability to cast Sleep on a room full of orcs ruins anyone's day. This is the first I've heard of such a complaint on ENWorld. What about Cloudkill or all the other area effect spells that are designed to kill monsters? Are those all game ruining effects? It's just odd to me that you would play D&D if that is something you do not like as Wizards and spells that kill everything in a room have been in the game for a long, long time. But RPGs are simulation games. I'm not calling you a liar or anything. I'm saying the game supports playing it as written. [/QUOTE]

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