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<blockquote data-quote="Bayushi_seikuro" data-source="post: 8078603" data-attributes="member: 7024851">I'm going to put forth a contraversial idea I just saw game designer John Wick talk about during his reading of his Play Dirty book from 25 years ago and updating his thoughts on it.The problem isn't balance; the issue is spotlight.&nbsp; If your character is going to be an unruly damage machine, that is great - your character sheet should be telling the GM what kind of game you want to be in.&nbsp; The thing is, that means your character is going to suck when it's the social character's time in the spotlight.&nbsp; &nbsp; But that character's Charisma shenanigans are what they want to do.My issue with any talk of balance and things being overpowered is that it assumes every D&amp;D campaign across the gamut is the same.&nbsp; D&amp;D has many different settings and scenarios - what may be unruly in Forgotten Realms may be weak in someone's home game.&nbsp; We're not talking a system where it's like an MMO where you have tens of thousands of people where balance and party comp is a real issue. YMMV</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bayushi_seikuro, post: 8078603, member: 7024851"] I'm going to put forth a contraversial idea I just saw game designer John Wick talk about during his reading of his Play Dirty book from 25 years ago and updating his thoughts on it. The problem isn't balance; the issue is spotlight. If your character is going to be an unruly damage machine, that is great - your character sheet should be telling the GM what kind of game you want to be in. The thing is, that means your character is going to suck when it's the social character's time in the spotlight. But that character's Charisma shenanigans are what they want to do. My issue with any talk of balance and things being overpowered is that it assumes every D&D campaign across the gamut is the same. D&D has many different settings and scenarios - what may be unruly in Forgotten Realms may be weak in someone's home game. We're not talking a system where it's like an MMO where you have tens of thousands of people where balance and party comp is a real issue. YMMV [/QUOTE]

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