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<blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 3317971" data-attributes="member: 40177">I like the &quot;Keep the players in the game&quot; mentality found in a lot of the new D&amp;D rules.&nbsp; Reserve Feats allow wizards to make actions every round.&nbsp; Dragon Shamans can keep the group at least partially healed for every encounter - there's no limit to how often they can do it.&nbsp; Marshalls have boosts that are always in effect.&nbsp; Warlocks have unlimited spells.&nbsp; I love the idea behind these, because they function to keep the players into the game - whereas a wizard might only have a handful of &quot;top-notch&quot; spells that he has to save for what he figures will be the &quot;Big&quot; encounter. Any mechanic designed to keep the action of the game high is all aces in my book.***DARK SUN had the character tree variant, which had players roll up 4 different characters that were connected in some way.&nbsp; Thus, when a character dies (which happens often on Athas), a player can rather quickly have a new character that is already grounded in the campaign as opposed to the &quot;you meet a new adventurer in the tavern a day later who shares the exact same goals as you&quot; syndrome.***SHADOWRUN awarded XP for players who made the tabletop experience fun, even if their characters were absolute rubbish.&nbsp; It's one of the few games I can think of that says &quot;A player who makes the game more fun to play deserves an extra point or two&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wik, post: 3317971, member: 40177"] I like the "Keep the players in the game" mentality found in a lot of the new D&D rules. Reserve Feats allow wizards to make actions every round. Dragon Shamans can keep the group at least partially healed for every encounter - there's no limit to how often they can do it. Marshalls have boosts that are always in effect. Warlocks have unlimited spells. I love the idea behind these, because they function to keep the players into the game - whereas a wizard might only have a handful of "top-notch" spells that he has to save for what he figures will be the "Big" encounter. Any mechanic designed to keep the action of the game high is all aces in my book. *** DARK SUN had the character tree variant, which had players roll up 4 different characters that were connected in some way. Thus, when a character dies (which happens often on Athas), a player can rather quickly have a new character that is already grounded in the campaign as opposed to the "you meet a new adventurer in the tavern a day later who shares the exact same goals as you" syndrome. *** SHADOWRUN awarded XP for players who made the tabletop experience fun, even if their characters were absolute rubbish. It's one of the few games I can think of that says "A player who makes the game more fun to play deserves an extra point or two" [/QUOTE]

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