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<blockquote data-quote="ptolemy18" data-source="post: 3839431" data-attributes="member: 24970">Well, that seems like a &quot;who cares&quot; issue. Except that unfortunately it has terrible implications, because it suggests that they are going to nerf life-or-death effects, because otherwise it'd be too annoying to hear the DM go &quot;The beholder gets a 30 on his death gaze effect. You die. No, you don't get to roll. Sorry.&quot;And removing life-or-death effects is just a way of making the game easier and more nerf-y in general. The primary effect on play of removing life-or-death effects is to make the game easier and more monty-haul pat-on-the-back make it harder for PCs to die. Which means, less drama. Which sucks.No, I've never been envious of fighters rolling critical hits. I'd rather have a robust list of spells and a tremendous variety of spellcaster options, like in the 3E PHB, thanks. (Anyway, what about the fun of rolling a fireball and coming up with a bunch of sixes?)I play a spellcaster because I DON'T WANT TO play a fighter class. Fighters and spellcasters should be different. &quot;Narrowing&quot; and &quot;simplifying&quot; spellcasters is the single lamest, most unappealing thing about 4E. To me. As someone who never plays fighters.I don't understand what the deal is here, as this is one of the easiest things to calculate imaginable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ptolemy18, post: 3839431, member: 24970"] [I][B] Well, that seems like a "who cares" issue. Except that unfortunately it has terrible implications, because it suggests that they are going to nerf life-or-death effects, because otherwise it'd be too annoying to hear the DM go "The beholder gets a 30 on his death gaze effect. You die. No, you don't get to roll. Sorry." And removing life-or-death effects is just a way of making the game easier and more nerf-y in general. The primary effect on play of removing life-or-death effects is to make the game easier and more monty-haul pat-on-the-back make it harder for PCs to die. Which means, less drama. Which sucks. No, I've never been envious of fighters rolling critical hits. I'd rather have a robust list of spells and a tremendous variety of spellcaster options, like in the 3E PHB, thanks. (Anyway, what about the fun of rolling a fireball and coming up with a bunch of sixes?) I play a spellcaster because I DON'T WANT TO play a fighter class. Fighters and spellcasters should be different. "Narrowing" and "simplifying" spellcasters is the single lamest, most unappealing thing about 4E. To me. As someone who never plays fighters. [/B][/I] I don't understand what the deal is here, as this is one of the easiest things to calculate imaginable. [/QUOTE]

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