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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 6020369" data-attributes="member: 1210">Interesting observation. I do think that the 4e power format turns off a lot of people for some reason (I believe that it's the source of a lot of the &quot;videogamey&quot; criticism, for instance). Personally, once I learned to read it, I found it to be fairly good at conveying information, but it's easy for novice players to overlook what makes a power cool and effective (&quot;oh, this one targets Reflex!&quot; &quot;oh, this one is a close burst 1 instead of melee 1!&quot; etc).Ohhhhhhh yes!Mind you, I speak as a fan of 4e- heck, as a fan (to varying degrees) of ALL D&amp;D editions and variants- but 4e's blemishes became far more visible over time, as my campaign leveled up into paragon, where the original math problems (too low damage for monsters, crappy attack boni/defenses for pcs) really reared their heads.It seems like a lot of the math was initially off (skill challenge DCs, I'm also looking askance in your direction). With the fixes in place, it's much smoother.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 6020369, member: 1210"] Interesting observation. I do think that the 4e power format turns off a lot of people for some reason (I believe that it's the source of a lot of the "videogamey" criticism, for instance). Personally, once I learned to read it, I found it to be fairly good at conveying information, but it's easy for novice players to overlook what makes a power cool and effective ("oh, this one targets Reflex!" "oh, this one is a close burst 1 instead of melee 1!" etc). Ohhhhhhh yes! Mind you, I speak as a fan of 4e- heck, as a fan (to varying degrees) of ALL D&D editions and variants- but 4e's blemishes became far more visible over time, as my campaign leveled up into paragon, where the original math problems (too low damage for monsters, crappy attack boni/defenses for pcs) really reared their heads. It seems like a lot of the math was initially off (skill challenge DCs, I'm also looking askance in your direction). With the fixes in place, it's much smoother. [/QUOTE]

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