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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 2720723" data-attributes="member: 172">By design, it's not it's central goal.In practicality, yes. I taught my daughter to play when she was *7*. I tried to simplify things for her, frex, using what essentially amounts to the true 20 system for skill allocation (before there was a true20, bid). She quickly caught on to the thought that you should be able to allocate your skill ranks, so I pulled out my simplifications.AFAIAC, arguments that 3e is some grossly complex game are not in line with reality. It's just a bunch of manufactured complaints by people who are trying to validate their tastes in games as somehow objective.Further, I find claims by such folks that simplifying things makes the game more suitable for beginners rather dubious. Freeform games are really for EXPERIENCED players who have a strong conception of what they want to accomplish with a character or game. People forget that those new to the game rarely have such strongly formed conceptions, so structure that helps facilitate character conception is a boon in these sorts of situations.So I voted yes.</blockquote>