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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 7064136" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>I think with everything (and as we've been going back and forth on this issue for the past couple years now), they <em>have</em> been aiming for their intended audience for these hardcover campaign books... which is the audience that is completely new and has no expectations or foreknowledge whatsoever of how any of this stuff plays out. They tune things to the foundational new player because (like we always say), it appears as though they figure experienced DMs are going to be adjusting everything in these books <strong>anyway</strong> to adapt things to their games, so there's no reason to think they wouldn't do the same to things like damage if they felt they needed it. So better to be gentler to the players who most likely won't be futzing with everything as a matter of course (because they're still just learning)... then to tune things to the standard or experienced players and most likely have things go teets-up for the new players who are trying to just muddle through for the first time.</p><p></p><p>Yeah, Capn... that means I gotta drag out the old familiar refrain I've used for the last 24 months... "Yer gonna just have to do the work yerself to get it where ya need it..." cause that's the only viable solution (assuming people are looking for one.) But I admire your persistence in bringing this quandry up for each and every book WotC releases, presumably in hopes that they actually eventually decide to change their foundation in the future. Who knows, maybe eventually they will (although personally I'm not holding my breath, LOL.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 7064136, member: 7006"] I think with everything (and as we've been going back and forth on this issue for the past couple years now), they [I]have[/I] been aiming for their intended audience for these hardcover campaign books... which is the audience that is completely new and has no expectations or foreknowledge whatsoever of how any of this stuff plays out. They tune things to the foundational new player because (like we always say), it appears as though they figure experienced DMs are going to be adjusting everything in these books [B]anyway[/B] to adapt things to their games, so there's no reason to think they wouldn't do the same to things like damage if they felt they needed it. So better to be gentler to the players who most likely won't be futzing with everything as a matter of course (because they're still just learning)... then to tune things to the standard or experienced players and most likely have things go teets-up for the new players who are trying to just muddle through for the first time. Yeah, Capn... that means I gotta drag out the old familiar refrain I've used for the last 24 months... "Yer gonna just have to do the work yerself to get it where ya need it..." cause that's the only viable solution (assuming people are looking for one.) But I admire your persistence in bringing this quandry up for each and every book WotC releases, presumably in hopes that they actually eventually decide to change their foundation in the future. Who knows, maybe eventually they will (although personally I'm not holding my breath, LOL.) [/QUOTE]
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