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<blockquote data-quote="Grabuto138" data-source="post: 5792768" data-attributes="member: 61053">1e was so impenetrable that DM fiat was necessary just to play. It almost seemed that each group played a completely different game. This resulted in a lot of petty dictator DMs who acted capriciously and arbitrarily. More than in any other version, the quality of the game depended on the quality of the DM.&nbsp;The opposite was 3.xe. The assumption was that everything worked within the ruleset and everyone should play by the same rules. If a DM wanted a massive force field to block off a cave, the party would speculate “how would this NPC get access so many Wall of Force and Permanency spells.” And the “rules” for item creation were maybe the greatest mistake in the history of D&amp;D, aside from THAC0, especially considering the Artificer. The fact that they were in the DMG and optional became beside the point. &nbsp;What I liked most about 4e was how it detached the player from the DM. Characters followed a set a rules. Monsters, traps, artifacts etc. did what they did (a very 1e mindset). &nbsp;We need a good ruleset were the DM can adjudicate on the margins and is free to modify scenarios (the example of the acid attack weakening the floor) but where no smarter-than-you Fascist DM defecates on “Come and Get It” because that power alone offends his sensibilities. </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grabuto138, post: 5792768, member: 61053"] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]1e was so impenetrable that DM fiat was necessary just to play. It almost seemed that each group played a completely different game. This resulted in a lot of petty dictator DMs who acted capriciously and arbitrarily. More than in any other version, the quality of the game depended on the quality of the DM.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]The opposite was 3.xe. The assumption was that everything worked within the ruleset and everyone should play by the same rules. If a DM wanted a massive force field to block off a cave, the party would speculate “how would this NPC get access so many Wall of Force and Permanency spells.” And the “rules” for item creation were maybe the greatest mistake in the history of D&D, aside from THAC0, especially considering the Artificer. The fact that they were in the DMG and optional became beside the point. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]What I liked most about 4e was how it detached the player from the DM. Characters followed a set a rules. Monsters, traps, artifacts etc. did what they did (a very 1e mindset). [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]We need a good ruleset were the DM can adjudicate on the margins and is free to modify scenarios (the example of the acid attack weakening the floor) but where no smarter-than-you Fascist DM defecates on “Come and Get It” because that power alone offends his sensibilities. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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