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<blockquote data-quote="GlassJaw" data-source="post: 5118913" data-attributes="member: 22103">I grew tired of playing with people like this long ago.&nbsp; It's not fun.&nbsp; As long as the DM is creating appropriate challenges, who cares what the DM is doing?DMs need to take the power back.4ed seems to have done a good job of this, but to me, it's not a rules issue, it's a mindset.&nbsp; Because 3ed is very process-driven, players (and some DMs), treat it like an exact science, when it's obviously not.One of Trailblazer's core philosophies is &quot;Monsters don't have to follow the same rules as PCs&quot;.As long as the DM knows how customizing and tweaking monsters affects their overall power (which Trailblazer will show you), then it's all good.If you play in my campaign, you will see bugbears with sneak attack, trolls with favored enemy, and skeletons with fighter feats&nbsp; - all I]without [/I]class levels.If a player doesn't agree with that, respond with one of the following phrases:&nbsp;- Monsters don't have to follow the same rules as PCs.&nbsp;- These ___ (insert monster name here) are special.&nbsp;- You can do amazing things with [scary voice]eeeevil [/scary voice] magic.&nbsp;- Too bad.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GlassJaw, post: 5118913, member: 22103"] I grew tired of playing with people like this long ago. It's not fun. As long as the DM is creating appropriate challenges, who cares what the DM is doing? DMs need to take the power back. 4ed seems to have done a good job of this, but to me, it's not a rules issue, it's a mindset. Because 3ed is very process-driven, players (and some DMs), treat it like an exact science, when it's obviously not. One of Trailblazer's core philosophies is "Monsters don't have to follow the same rules as PCs". As long as the DM knows how customizing and tweaking monsters affects their overall power (which Trailblazer will show you), then it's all good. If you play in my campaign, you will see bugbears with sneak attack, trolls with favored enemy, and skeletons with fighter feats - all I]without [/I]class levels. If a player doesn't agree with that, respond with one of the following phrases: - Monsters don't have to follow the same rules as PCs. - These ___ (insert monster name here) are special. - You can do amazing things with [scary voice][I]eeeevil[/I] [/scary voice] magic. - Too bad. [/QUOTE]

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