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Message: <blockquote data-quote="howandwhy99" data-source="post: 5844055" data-attributes="member: 3192">I think complexity often times gets broken down into quantity of options. In terms of power it is actually better to have more options than fewer even if every option is rated at the same within a single situation. (I'm guessing combat here)A more diverse quantity of options will increase that power even more. Hit point damage 7 ways is nice, but 7 consequences with only only being HP damage is more diverse and therefore more powerful. The benefit of diversity is the player has an easier job of accounting for a variety of challenges than someone who doesn't have diverse abilities. They can use that rigorously measured power effect in more situations, so they can be more flexibly powerful.More complex classes are harder to play like more complex games. This is the drawback. However having no benefit whatsoever for that difficulty doesn't make sense to me. Perhaps the play difficulty could be a handicap for players and that is why the article claims parity? It is a longer road in terms of putting the pieces together to act more effectually, but ultimately having more options means awesome play will win out. On the flip side, the simple class is reliably powerful in easy to remember ways leading to a different kind of satisfaction.Also, I agree with KM up there about the different varieties of monsters. Ravenloft is an awesome dungeon with a roaming boss fight somewhere in it. With the vampire's ability to escape and evade this fight could be had several times. Ultimately winning could amount to pounding a stake through his chest, which may be anti-climactic. The thing is, I would not go out of my way to make sure that final meeting is so by predetermining it. If it were to be a combat, it doesn't need to last 20 rounds and the stake pounding doesn't need to go on for 10 of them. OTOH, if your players said "we really prefer epic, cinematic BBEG fights" then build a whole set piece and make sure every element is included. It's just not the only satisfying way of playing.</blockquote>

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