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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 7526134" data-attributes="member: 42582"><p>As in 4e, i you're like.</p><p></p><p>At early paragon tier, the PCs defended a village against hobgoblin attackers. At one point a building was on fire with people trapped inside it - one of the PCs (the paladin?) succeeded on a check to charge through the wall of the building to rescue them. At 1st level that wouldn't have been an acceptable action declaration. At epic tier, if it game up, the wall would probably just be adjudicated as difficult terrain.</p><p></p><p>You're the one who was insisitng - for reasons that I don't understand - that the DC to open the door the burned-out shack must be level-appropiate; which is to say that you are the one who was taking it as a premise that the door would be meaningful rather than trivial.</p><p></p><p>Every RPG funnels options. As far as I know 3E (or variant) is your preferred system, and it funnels options big time. It is a useless system for me, as the sort of RPGing I enjoy is not an option that it provides for.</p><p></p><p>My advice to anyone who asks is <em>play an RPG which provides options that you enjoy</em>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 7526134, member: 42582"] As in 4e, i you're like. At early paragon tier, the PCs defended a village against hobgoblin attackers. At one point a building was on fire with people trapped inside it - one of the PCs (the paladin?) succeeded on a check to charge through the wall of the building to rescue them. At 1st level that wouldn't have been an acceptable action declaration. At epic tier, if it game up, the wall would probably just be adjudicated as difficult terrain. You're the one who was insisitng - for reasons that I don't understand - that the DC to open the door the burned-out shack must be level-appropiate; which is to say that you are the one who was taking it as a premise that the door would be meaningful rather than trivial. Every RPG funnels options. As far as I know 3E (or variant) is your preferred system, and it funnels options big time. It is a useless system for me, as the sort of RPGing I enjoy is not an option that it provides for. My advice to anyone who asks is [I]play an RPG which provides options that you enjoy[/I]. [/QUOTE]
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