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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 2231840" data-attributes="member: 2067">Then you're not playing D&amp;D to the rules as written, and when you do that, just like when you try low magic or a gritty hit point system, it's not going to work very well.This is because every novel ever written for D&amp;D blows. And this is part of the reason -- they don't take into account the realities of their world.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; Of course, I exaggerate, but it makes the point.Just because you don't like the fact that a prepared wizard is a significant challenge to a prepared fighter doesn't mean that the system is broken. The test doesn't play by the rules. That's fine, but you can't expect the system to hold up when you purposefully subvert it's intended goals.For every spell there is a counterspell. For every thrust there is a parry. Like a fighter's best challenge is another fighter, a spellcaster's best challenge is another spellcaster. They need each other to fight creatures of different types.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 2231840, member: 2067"] Then you're not playing D&D to the rules as written, and when you do that, just like when you try low magic or a gritty hit point system, it's not going to work very well. This is because every novel ever written for D&D blows. And this is part of the reason -- they don't take into account the realities of their world. ;) Of course, I exaggerate, but it makes the point. Just because you don't like the fact that a prepared wizard is a significant challenge to a prepared fighter doesn't mean that the system is broken. The test doesn't play by the rules. That's fine, but you can't expect the system to hold up when you purposefully subvert it's intended goals. For every spell there is a counterspell. For every thrust there is a parry. Like a fighter's best challenge is another fighter, a spellcaster's best challenge is another spellcaster. They need each other to fight creatures of different types. [/QUOTE]

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