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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5837359" data-attributes="member: 22779">To be fair Hanez (and others), I do agree with you.&nbsp; Adventure design is a solution to the problem.&nbsp; However, IMO, it's not the best solution since you're allowing the mechanics to dictate playstyle.&nbsp; Why not change the mechanics and then you can choose the playstyle you want?See, if the solution to 15 MAD is to design every adventure to take that into account, then the mechanics are defining, at least in part, adventure design.&nbsp; That's a bit too heavy handed for my taste to be honest.&nbsp; I want adventure design to be based on what I feel (and the group hopefully agrees with) to be the most exciting adventure I can make.Sometimes that's racing the ticking clock.&nbsp; Sometimes that's surviving the gauntlet of waves of rabid badgers.&nbsp; Sometimes that's carefully Greyhawking the entire dungeon.&nbsp; What I don't want is for one option to be pretty much off the table, or be forced by the mechanics to design &quot;nova&quot; encounters.Instead, I'd rather the mechanics largely stay out of adventure design.&nbsp; The &quot;Tracking Resources&quot; mechanics tend to push very strongly in a particular direction.&nbsp; By removing some of those tracking issues (particularly 3e healing IMO - wizards were never the problem for MAD), I gain the freedom to design how I want, rather than how the system wants me to.Yes, you can solve 15 MAD through adventure design.&nbsp; I freely admit that.&nbsp; But, to me, that's a band aid solution.&nbsp; You're not really addressing the issue - just covering it over.&nbsp; I'd much rather a mechanical solution which removes the problem at the root.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5837359, member: 22779"] To be fair Hanez (and others), I do agree with you. Adventure design is a solution to the problem. However, IMO, it's not the best solution since you're allowing the mechanics to dictate playstyle. Why not change the mechanics and then you can choose the playstyle you want? See, if the solution to 15 MAD is to design every adventure to take that into account, then the mechanics are defining, at least in part, adventure design. That's a bit too heavy handed for my taste to be honest. I want adventure design to be based on what I feel (and the group hopefully agrees with) to be the most exciting adventure I can make. Sometimes that's racing the ticking clock. Sometimes that's surviving the gauntlet of waves of rabid badgers. Sometimes that's carefully Greyhawking the entire dungeon. What I don't want is for one option to be pretty much off the table, or be forced by the mechanics to design "nova" encounters. Instead, I'd rather the mechanics largely stay out of adventure design. The "Tracking Resources" mechanics tend to push very strongly in a particular direction. By removing some of those tracking issues (particularly 3e healing IMO - wizards were never the problem for MAD), I gain the freedom to design how I want, rather than how the system wants me to. Yes, you can solve 15 MAD through adventure design. I freely admit that. But, to me, that's a band aid solution. You're not really addressing the issue - just covering it over. I'd much rather a mechanical solution which removes the problem at the root. [/QUOTE]

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