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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 6819343" data-attributes="member: 29398">Except in solving one (perceived-by-you) problem by making everyone as equal as you can you're kind of generating another.In real life not everyone is equal for a whole bunch of reasons.&nbsp; Personally, I'm reasonably good at writing song lyrics but put me next to a horse and I've no idea what to do with it.&nbsp; And some people, without any training in anything, are just flat-out better at a lot of things than others are.&nbsp; I have no problem with this unequal reality being reflected in the game at least to some extent; and this is what dice are for...and this is why for example I don't like point-buy or stat arrays for character generation.Later in the campaign, I bring Joe the Fighter into the party.&nbsp; He's competent (6th level) but not as good as Rhonda the tank (9th level), a party stalwart who's been adventuring quite a bit longer.&nbsp; Now maybe someday I'll catch up to Rhonda, or maybe I'll just have to accept as a fact of life that she's simply better than me.&nbsp; Them's the breaks. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Side story: in the game session I just got home from I'm running two characters, both Fighters, one of which is by two clear levels the lowest in the (large) party...and in a nasty session-long combat in which two much more powerful characters died the lower-level guy came through with flying colours.&nbsp; It can be done, if you're willing to do it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Lan-&quot;my other character in that battle - the original Lanefan - spent half the combat stunned&quot;-efan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 6819343, member: 29398"] Except in solving one (perceived-by-you) problem by making everyone as equal as you can you're kind of generating another. In real life not everyone is equal for a whole bunch of reasons. Personally, I'm reasonably good at writing song lyrics but put me next to a horse and I've no idea what to do with it. And some people, without any training in anything, are just flat-out better at a lot of things than others are. I have no problem with this unequal reality being reflected in the game at least to some extent; and this is what dice are for...and this is why for example I don't like point-buy or stat arrays for character generation. Later in the campaign, I bring Joe the Fighter into the party. He's competent (6th level) but not as good as Rhonda the tank (9th level), a party stalwart who's been adventuring quite a bit longer. Now maybe someday I'll catch up to Rhonda, or maybe I'll just have to accept as a fact of life that she's simply better than me. Them's the breaks. :) Side story: in the game session I just got home from I'm running two characters, both Fighters, one of which is by two clear levels the lowest in the (large) party...and in a nasty session-long combat in which two much more powerful characters died the lower-level guy came through with flying colours. It can be done, if you're willing to do it. :) Lan-"my other character in that battle - the original Lanefan - spent half the combat stunned"-efan [/QUOTE]

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