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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5529802" data-attributes="member: 22779">What's with all the playstyle presumptions here?&nbsp; Sure, if the bad guys have wizards, but, while there might be some adventures where that's true, there's loads and loads of scenarios where that isn't.Again, the problem is that it simply feeds the vicious circle.&nbsp; You nova, so the DM counters by chucking random encounters at you, so you counter by hiding better, the DM counters by adding in more stuff to find you, so you counter....Again, the game is being dictated by the magic system and not by any sort of in game play.&nbsp; It's not, &quot;Does it make sense that there are random encounters here&quot; it's, &quot;Well, if I don't chuck in random encounters, I cannot attrit this party resource that is only in the hands of one or two players&quot;.&nbsp; I'd rather the system didn't dictate my adventures to me.Blackbeard was a sailor and a captain.&nbsp; Your fighter has zero skills that allow him to be a sailor.&nbsp; Never mind that Blackbeard also could navigate and pilot a ship.&nbsp; Again, your fighter cannot do that.&nbsp; He cannot take Profession Sailor as a class skill, Balance is cross class, Kn Geography is cross class.I totally agree that a pirate captain SHOULD be a fighter.&nbsp; But, no fighter can ever be a pirate captain with his skill list.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5529802, member: 22779"] What's with all the playstyle presumptions here? Sure, if the bad guys have wizards, but, while there might be some adventures where that's true, there's loads and loads of scenarios where that isn't. Again, the problem is that it simply feeds the vicious circle. You nova, so the DM counters by chucking random encounters at you, so you counter by hiding better, the DM counters by adding in more stuff to find you, so you counter.... Again, the game is being dictated by the magic system and not by any sort of in game play. It's not, "Does it make sense that there are random encounters here" it's, "Well, if I don't chuck in random encounters, I cannot attrit this party resource that is only in the hands of one or two players". I'd rather the system didn't dictate my adventures to me. Blackbeard was a sailor and a captain. Your fighter has zero skills that allow him to be a sailor. Never mind that Blackbeard also could navigate and pilot a ship. Again, your fighter cannot do that. He cannot take Profession Sailor as a class skill, Balance is cross class, Kn Geography is cross class. I totally agree that a pirate captain SHOULD be a fighter. But, no fighter can ever be a pirate captain with his skill list. [/QUOTE]

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