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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8668730" data-attributes="member: 6790260">In order:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">It's very much not my preference. I've seen applications of it that have been done passably well, but overall I find it inhibits creative freedom too much and has...uncomfortable secondary implications. There's a reason you saw the game move away from that even back in 2e.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Ironically, I actually like the idea of material components in theory, but find their application in practice to usually be...really bad. There's some interesting possibilities with some of the "metamagic components," where components don't permit spells, they rather enhance them, but it would need more work to be an actually interesting system as opposed to just a raw power-up.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Absolutely opposed to those, yes. The only places where differences between sexes matters is at the absolute top of the top tier, stuff straining against world records and the like, and that's not a distinction D&D has ever been particularly interested in making.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I have no real opinion either way. XP=GP is a valid approach, so long as you understand what it's for; it's not an approach ideal for my tastes, but there are some very clever design things you can do with it that can make for very good game design. (For example: heavy armor is an XP penalty for increased survivability!)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Yeah...I've frankly never understood the actual value derived from weapon speeds. They're a huge fiddly pile of...not much going on.</li> </ol>So....rather a mixed bag? You may be being facetious here (I'm not sure either way), so perhaps it was all meant to be a string of "yes I'm against this." I'm overall more critical than favorable to all elements on the list, but I wish there were cool systems using material components for spells, and even if it's not really my bag I can see how XP=GP has fun game-worthy potential.</blockquote>

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