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<blockquote data-quote="Belen" data-source="post: 1993919" data-attributes="member: 1405">Yes and No.You're ignoring the fact that 1e/2e had just as much variation as 3e, but in an entirely different way.&nbsp; In 1e/2e you had characters such as Grunthor, Mighty Fist of the Earthlord.&nbsp; In 3e, you have half-earh genasi fighter 4/barb 3/earth hammer/2 with the feats mighty blow, earth shaker and tremble giver.The issue I have is that you rarely see people in 3e refer to their character in anything but mechanics speak.&nbsp; Most characters in 3e have mechanics that really differentiate their abilitae, but no substance to them other than a set of numbers.Somewhere out there, a happy medium exists between the two sides.&nbsp; That happy medium needs to come from WOTC just as much as the GM.I just do not think that WOTC has the talent/ design depth to do it any longer.&nbsp; I still love the company, but the bean counters are the tyrannical rulers there now, which, IMO, offers the same threat as that darned harridan from TSR.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Belen, post: 1993919, member: 1405"] Yes and No. You're ignoring the fact that 1e/2e had just as much variation as 3e, but in an entirely different way. In 1e/2e you had characters such as Grunthor, Mighty Fist of the Earthlord. In 3e, you have half-earh genasi fighter 4/barb 3/earth hammer/2 with the feats mighty blow, earth shaker and tremble giver. The issue I have is that you rarely see people in 3e refer to their character in anything but mechanics speak. Most characters in 3e have mechanics that really differentiate their abilitae, but no substance to them other than a set of numbers. Somewhere out there, a happy medium exists between the two sides. That happy medium needs to come from WOTC just as much as the GM. I just do not think that WOTC has the talent/ design depth to do it any longer. I still love the company, but the bean counters are the tyrannical rulers there now, which, IMO, offers the same threat as that darned harridan from TSR. [/QUOTE]

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