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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 5315537" data-attributes="member: 463">BTW while I think that 0e& Classic were well balanced (except 1st level Elves in Classic), 1e PHB-only was well balanced but leaning towards Clerics & Rangers, and OSRIC's 1e+UA Weapon Spec is well balanced but leaning towards Fighters & their subclasses, Unearthed Arcana did introduce a lot of unbalanced elements - notably Cavaliers, also Drow and Deep Gnome PCs.  And 2e removed or reduced many 1e balancing factors by eg raising demihuman level limits, or the appalling 2e Stoneskin spell.  Overall I'd say the drift was *away* from balance, culminating in 3e with its worthless high level Fighter and CODzillas.  4e has made a serious effort to restore balance to the Force... to the game.  Although I'm not certain that's made it more fun.</blockquote>