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<blockquote data-quote="Ganders" data-source="post: 4356545" data-attributes="member: 37815">Personally, I think the RPGA, and the Living campaigns in particular, influenced a number of 4e design choices.&nbsp; Letting characters have whichever magic items they want will simplify record keeping, make character sheets easier to check, and even improve the power balance between characters.&nbsp; Especially at conventions, or at pick-up games on the internet (WotC's own website, of course, not just anywhere we want).&nbsp; There's also the 22-point buy, retraining, and a few other things that just scream 'Living FR' to me... I just can't shake the notion that it was all quite intentional.The rest of us (DMs at least) will just have to remember that if we aren't playing at conventions, we can feel free to alter any and all rules as often as we want.&nbsp; Our 'houserules' just might be obviously and undeniably 'better' for the game as a whole, but simply less convenient for playing at conventions... and thus will never be official.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ganders, post: 4356545, member: 37815"] Personally, I think the RPGA, and the Living campaigns in particular, influenced a number of 4e design choices. Letting characters have whichever magic items they want will simplify record keeping, make character sheets easier to check, and even improve the power balance between characters. Especially at conventions, or at pick-up games on the internet (WotC's own website, of course, not just anywhere we want). There's also the 22-point buy, retraining, and a few other things that just scream 'Living FR' to me... I just can't shake the notion that it was all quite intentional. The rest of us (DMs at least) will just have to remember that if we aren't playing at conventions, we can feel free to alter any and all rules as often as we want. Our 'houserules' just might be obviously and undeniably 'better' for the game as a whole, but simply less convenient for playing at conventions... and thus will never be official. [/QUOTE]

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