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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 4075586" data-attributes="member: 2525">I love it.&nbsp; I don't feel they dumbed things down.&nbsp; This is supposed to be a one-sheet quickstart guide.&nbsp; The elegance of being able to fit complex concepts into short and simply worded sentences is something I can appreciate.&nbsp; For example, Opportunity Attack IS superior to Attack of Opportunity (OA is more active voice, and AOO is more passive voice - Active voice is a superior and more compelling writing choice).&nbsp; Not having reach apply to most OA's makes sense to me - polearm's are not reactionary weapons in the same way that shortswords are.&nbsp; It's much easier to attack with a polearm that you moved over to the target that you are facing, than it is to reposition the polearm to attack in reaction to the target leaving the area you are facing.&nbsp; A shortsword is a lot more maneuverable on that level.Condition durations make a LOT more sense to me.&nbsp; I never understood the idea that, if you are paralyzed for example, you might have no effects at all from it because of your ability to resist those things, but if you don't initially resist it then it effects you for a fixed period of time as if the individual it's effecting has no influence on the ability to shrug it off.&nbsp; Having the player actively attempt to fight off a condition, and putting the ending of the condition in the hands of the person who has the condition, makes more sense to me, and seems like a lot more fun.As for the comment about running not being useful - I disagree.&nbsp; I anticipate doing that often, particular when using an action point for an extra move action to run.&nbsp; If you can get enough distance between you and your foes, then the vulnerability to attacks from running will be well worth it.&nbsp; 2 squares can be all the difference between taking a massive melee attack from an Ogre, and being just outside it's attack reach.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 4075586, member: 2525"] I love it. I don't feel they dumbed things down. This is supposed to be a one-sheet quickstart guide. The elegance of being able to fit complex concepts into short and simply worded sentences is something I can appreciate. For example, Opportunity Attack IS superior to Attack of Opportunity (OA is more active voice, and AOO is more passive voice - Active voice is a superior and more compelling writing choice). Not having reach apply to most OA's makes sense to me - polearm's are not reactionary weapons in the same way that shortswords are. It's much easier to attack with a polearm that you moved over to the target that you are facing, than it is to reposition the polearm to attack in reaction to the target leaving the area you are facing. A shortsword is a lot more maneuverable on that level. Condition durations make a LOT more sense to me. I never understood the idea that, if you are paralyzed for example, you might have no effects at all from it because of your ability to resist those things, but if you don't initially resist it then it effects you for a fixed period of time as if the individual it's effecting has no influence on the ability to shrug it off. Having the player actively attempt to fight off a condition, and putting the ending of the condition in the hands of the person who has the condition, makes more sense to me, and seems like a lot more fun. As for the comment about running not being useful - I disagree. I anticipate doing that often, particular when using an action point for an extra move action to run. If you can get enough distance between you and your foes, then the vulnerability to attacks from running will be well worth it. 2 squares can be all the difference between taking a massive melee attack from an Ogre, and being just outside it's attack reach. [/QUOTE]

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