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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 4288511" data-attributes="member: 307">And 3e supports this type of game and a combat oriented game in which all the PCs are hyper-optimized combat monsters. 4e doesn't offer that range of possibilities. To me, that's a step backwards in game design. Like I said before, if I wanted a game in which characters were defined, in game, almost excluively by their combat role, then I could have been playing 1e for the last 8 years. I didn't make that choice. Why now would I make that choice and switch to 4e?When I DM, I put the traps in anyway. I make sure the players know that the world won't necessarily conform to their character strengths. On the other hand, I adhere to the suggestion given in SJGames outlines for designing adventures and try to include a range of activites that will require the characters to use skills no one has any ranks in, or situations that would optimally be solved with abilities the PCs don't have in addition to situations that play to their strengths.So, why have you been playing 3e instead of 1e?</blockquote>