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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Mhoram" data-source="post: 5809581" data-attributes="member: 4789">Exactly.... well mostly. Tell roles about class, just not as part of the class description a big section that says &quot;advice on running a good character and game, subsection: Roles&quot; or something.But then Hero/Champions has been my favorite game system since '85, and that concept is implicit (well actually explicit)&nbsp; in those rules. So my view is biased. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I'm one of those who believe that the information should be made available to players and DMs (Hey this combination could be an issue in this type of game) but that balance, in general, is up to the DM. Have enough info that if followed no one is combat useless (unless that is a specific choice of the player - to play a combat useless character for whatever reason), and enough advice to avoid the really big pitfalls of Godzilla.&nbsp; But don't hardwire it into the system.But then I also believe that DMs should allow or disallow any race/class/feat/what-have-you based on gameworld design and personal taste. I don't believe that just because something is in the rules, that the player has an undeniable right to use it.The buck stops with the DM not the rules.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Mhoram, post: 5809581, member: 4789"] Exactly.... well mostly. Tell roles about class, just not as part of the class description a big section that says "advice on running a good character and game, subsection: Roles" or something. But then Hero/Champions has been my favorite game system since '85, and that concept is implicit (well actually explicit) in those rules. So my view is biased. :) I'm one of those who believe that the information should be made available to players and DMs (Hey this combination could be an issue in this type of game) but that balance, in general, is up to the DM. Have enough info that if followed no one is combat useless (unless that is a specific choice of the player - to play a combat useless character for whatever reason), and enough advice to avoid the really big pitfalls of Godzilla. But don't hardwire it into the system. But then I also believe that DMs should allow or disallow any race/class/feat/what-have-you based on gameworld design and personal taste. I don't believe that just because something is in the rules, that the player has an undeniable right to use it. The buck stops with the DM not the rules. [/QUOTE]

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