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<blockquote data-quote="slobster" data-source="post: 7935083" data-attributes="member: 6693711">Okay. I mean that's fine, I don't have a problem with people who disagree. But for me, the hit point inflation thing (and that wasn't the only thing I was referring to when I talk about pace of mechanical advancement, gaining new abilities and increasing skills and scope of methods to deal with a given situation are all important as well) is a mechanical parallel for how, in lots of classic fantasy fiction, characters start out with very humble origins and are flummoxed by small-scale foes, only for them to be legendary badasses by the end of a book/movie/series taking on foes of epic power and leaving a mark on the world far beyond what most mortals ever achieve.It's that sort of trajectory that I think that D&amp;D character advancement does a good job at echoing in mechanical terms, as well as fostering in terms of player feel and engagement.Again, totally fine with YMMV.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="slobster, post: 7935083, member: 6693711"] Okay. I mean that's fine, I don't have a problem with people who disagree. But for me, the hit point inflation thing (and that wasn't the only thing I was referring to when I talk about pace of mechanical advancement, gaining new abilities and increasing skills and scope of methods to deal with a given situation are all important as well) is a mechanical parallel for how, in lots of classic fantasy fiction, characters start out with very humble origins and are flummoxed by small-scale foes, only for them to be legendary badasses by the end of a book/movie/series taking on foes of epic power and leaving a mark on the world far beyond what most mortals ever achieve. It's that sort of trajectory that I think that D&D character advancement does a good job at echoing in mechanical terms, as well as fostering in terms of player feel and engagement. Again, totally fine with YMMV. [/QUOTE]

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