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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 9365584" data-attributes="member: 177">For the third time...Yes, it is fair that some folks used to play with a stable of characters.  But that means that the impact of paralysis as an element of play is not independent, and must be evaluated considering the presence/absence of other elements to support it, or that specifically fail to support it.  While having a "single piece in play" may not be a goal, neither is having multiple pieces in play.  Having multiple characters does run against several other common goals (like having complex character creation/builds, or having higher focus on character narrative rather than on world narrative) found in later play.  Yeah, in 1974, there's a small horde waiting just outside the dungeon waiting to replace the poor saps who touch the Sphere of Annihilation.  But that doesn't hold up for a lot of later play, and design shifted to match.Well, aside from how in Gloomhaven you are expected to have 2, 3, or 4 characters in play, total, such that unless you are only playing  with only 1 or 2 people you aren't all playing with multiple characters.  And, in Gloomhaven you DO NOT add new characters into play in the middle of a scenario if someone falls.</blockquote>