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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 210524" data-attributes="member: 158"><p>Well, it used to be civil around here...</p><p></p><p>Most of the problems I have seen listed before, I have seen in the D&D Rules Forum hundreds of times over two years' time. It's just too much to answer in one post, but I so far have not seen anything unbalanced over or under in power from what has so far been mentioned. The balance problems I saw in Sword and Fist supplement, for example, were errata'ed out; the Mage of the Arcane order, for example from Tome and Blood, is possibly one of the most unbalanced (overpowered) prestige class that I have yet seen; the rest don't really upset me much, and can easily be handled by a DM.</p><p></p><p>In regards to differing feat power levels, such as the ever-popular Toughness, I have to say that all feats were not designed equally. Toughness has its own uses, particularly to rogues and wizards! Wizards because not every wizard in a party can be protected behind the lines in all situations, and rogues because they put themselves in some of the most dangerous situations in combat, all for the benefit of getting off a proper sneak attack.</p><p></p><p>I'll leave this discussion at that, but do keep in mind that the difference between "slightly unbalanced" and "unplayable" are quite wide. 3E by NO means is unplayable, and msot people here will agree it is a big improvement of playability over 2E.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Henry, post: 210524, member: 158"] Well, it used to be civil around here... Most of the problems I have seen listed before, I have seen in the D&D Rules Forum hundreds of times over two years' time. It's just too much to answer in one post, but I so far have not seen anything unbalanced over or under in power from what has so far been mentioned. The balance problems I saw in Sword and Fist supplement, for example, were errata'ed out; the Mage of the Arcane order, for example from Tome and Blood, is possibly one of the most unbalanced (overpowered) prestige class that I have yet seen; the rest don't really upset me much, and can easily be handled by a DM. In regards to differing feat power levels, such as the ever-popular Toughness, I have to say that all feats were not designed equally. Toughness has its own uses, particularly to rogues and wizards! Wizards because not every wizard in a party can be protected behind the lines in all situations, and rogues because they put themselves in some of the most dangerous situations in combat, all for the benefit of getting off a proper sneak attack. I'll leave this discussion at that, but do keep in mind that the difference between "slightly unbalanced" and "unplayable" are quite wide. 3E by NO means is unplayable, and msot people here will agree it is a big improvement of playability over 2E. [/QUOTE]
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