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<blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 4333095" data-attributes="member: 54846">The biggest problem I had with &quot;game balance&quot; is the ease in which one could make an utterly useless character.Too many people I have known who have made the Bard2/Cleric1/Rog3 with an Underwater Basketweaving feat because &quot;that's just the character&quot; - and then they end up feeling utterly ineffective in any situation where they're rolling a polyhedrian. These are the players that would be happy without having a character sheet in front of them at all. When 95% of the rules are written for combat, and you suck at combat, any time combat happens, you're not going to have fun. And that's a lot of not-fun when it comes to combat-intensive games like D&amp;D.&nbsp; When I DMed with two of these people in my group, I had to work hard at accommodating them because otherwise they would've been bored and frustrated to no end. And before I hear another &quot;Well just don't play with them&quot;, look. Maybe you live in a gamer mecca, but in some areas of the country, gamers are rare. You play with who you have, or you don't play.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rechan, post: 4333095, member: 54846"] The biggest problem I had with "game balance" is the ease in which one could make an utterly [i]useless[/i] character. Too many people I have known who have made the Bard2/Cleric1/Rog3 with an Underwater Basketweaving feat because "that's just the character" - and then they end up feeling utterly ineffective in any situation where they're rolling a polyhedrian. These are the players that would be happy without having a character sheet in front of them at all. When 95% of the rules are written for combat, and you suck at combat, any time combat happens, you're not going to have fun. And that's a [i]lot[/i] of not-fun when it comes to combat-intensive games like D&D. When I DMed with two of these people in my group, I had to work hard at accommodating them because otherwise they would've been bored and frustrated to no end. And before I hear another "Well just don't play with them", look. Maybe you live in a gamer mecca, but in some areas of the country, gamers are [i]rare[/i]. You play with who you have, or you don't play. [/QUOTE]

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