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<blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 9024743" data-attributes="member: 59816"><p>Yeah, I mean, I get it when the mechanics that are being refluffed are a poor representation of the thing they represent (I'm looking at YOU, Tiny creature with the Druid's Wisdom for their Strength Score!)</p><p></p><p>But I have no problem with NPC and PCs working differently. In my mind, it would be a strange, small world indeed if everyone had the same training and did the same jobs in the same ways. PCs generally "stand out" as people who have unique talents, got lucky with great mentors, picked up the right skills at the right times, and come up with unique solutions on-the-fly. They're different by their nature.</p><p></p><p>So, yeah, their bear could be different than a "normal" bear, why not? It should definitely still feel like a bear, though - but that's easily modeled with a statblock. It's actually a bit hard to screw up, which is one of the (many) reasons that I was so unhappy with the Druid playtest. I can't see how they couldn't understand how terrible it was.</p><p></p><p>And I don't agree with [USER=7006]@DEFCON 1[/USER] that it was some kind of plan in order to get feedback on the idea and not the mechanics. I can't see how that wouldn't entirely backfire, and feedback will be muddied by how bad it's implemented.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FitzTheRuke, post: 9024743, member: 59816"] Yeah, I mean, I get it when the mechanics that are being refluffed are a poor representation of the thing they represent (I'm looking at YOU, Tiny creature with the Druid's Wisdom for their Strength Score!) But I have no problem with NPC and PCs working differently. In my mind, it would be a strange, small world indeed if everyone had the same training and did the same jobs in the same ways. PCs generally "stand out" as people who have unique talents, got lucky with great mentors, picked up the right skills at the right times, and come up with unique solutions on-the-fly. They're different by their nature. So, yeah, their bear could be different than a "normal" bear, why not? It should definitely still feel like a bear, though - but that's easily modeled with a statblock. It's actually a bit hard to screw up, which is one of the (many) reasons that I was so unhappy with the Druid playtest. I can't see how they couldn't understand how terrible it was. And I don't agree with [USER=7006]@DEFCON 1[/USER] that it was some kind of plan in order to get feedback on the idea and not the mechanics. I can't see how that wouldn't entirely backfire, and feedback will be muddied by how bad it's implemented. [/QUOTE]
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