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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ph0rk" data-source="post: 8125402" data-attributes="member: 16266">I looked at one of their UA surveys once, and then never again. They are legitimately terrible.This is wrong. While it is true a DM has (or can have) their finger on a scale, the entire point of using a published system is that the interlocking parts are as close to balanced as possible. If not, just use something like an OSR product or Tiny SRD or instead a numberless system (like the Cypher System) where balancing is overtly in the hands of the DM.But in 5e? The PHB presents what appear to be roughly comparable options in terms of power and options with thematic differences. It does not spell out for players (as the DMG does not for DMs) that classes are not balanced, or the ways in which varying from the rest/encounter schedule can and will swing that balance.5e is a system, you pay money for a system because it is more balanced than what you could come up with on your own.</blockquote>