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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6863349" data-attributes="member: 6787650">*snip a bunch of stuff on CAW* It's clear from the fact that you've degenerated to insults and accusations of bad faith ("be honest") that I shouldn't have even used the phrase "combat as war" around you. Apparently it's threatened your sense of identity. Suffice to say that yes, I really do what I've said I do. Early on last campaign, one memorable encounter found the three 3rd level PCs fighting something (11 umber hulks and a bunch of neogi including a wizard) which according to DMG guidelines would be an appropriate encounter for level 20 characters. That doesn't mean I required them to fight them in the same way level 20 characters do, but I cite that as one example among many of the fact that I really do offer the same challenges in my sandbox at low level as at high level, and that is why an extra +2 or +3 HP per level just doesn't really matter very often. Frankly I was quite surprised they didn't just die; and that wasn't the last time. (Other times I was totally unsurprised at the TPK which did in fact occur exactly as I expected, but I have mechanisms in place to prevent that from killing the fun.)Okay. I've done my best to answer your question. I'm sorry I wasn't able to do so in a way that you understood. We run very different games, not least because I run 5E and you run 3E. So it's probably not surprising that you have a different perspective on rolling stats than I do. I would feel differently about point buy in Shadowrun or GURPS than I do in 5E; and perhaps you'd feel differently about stat rolling in an OSR game or 5E run the way I run it. Or maybe you wouldn't, who knows?</blockquote>

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