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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 5778281" data-attributes="member: 63">The point I was trying to make is, the 'system' of 4e is much more forgiving for setting stats to whatever you want. Make them high. Make them low. Do whatever feels right for your game. But the book has guidelines to tell you &quot;Hey, that might be pretty weak in a fight against PCs of level X.&quot;So it's not ignoring the system. It's one of the amazing wonderful beautiful saves-so-much-effing-time elements that make me love running 4e.In 3e, stats are defined based on a lot of rules. You feel sorta compelled to follow the rules because they give you so much structure. And if you don't, and have, say, a one-armed swordsman with an AC of 30 at 10th level, your players might call you on it. Suddenly you've got an argument because the game's rules don't let you just do what you want. You have to justify your numbers.In 4e, I'm a mofoing DM. If I want a demon lord with a crap Will, there's no rule telling me I can't do that. Takes me 5 seconds. So much easier.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 5778281, member: 63"] The point I was trying to make is, the 'system' of 4e is much more forgiving for setting stats to whatever you want. Make them high. Make them low. Do whatever feels right for your game. But the book has guidelines to tell you "Hey, that might be pretty weak in a fight against PCs of level X." So it's not ignoring the system. It's one of the amazing wonderful beautiful saves-so-much-effing-time elements that make me love running 4e. In 3e, stats are defined based on a lot of rules. You feel sorta compelled to follow the rules because they give you so much structure. And if you don't, and have, say, a one-armed swordsman with an AC of 30 at 10th level, your players might call you on it. Suddenly you've got an argument because the game's rules don't let you just do what you want. You have to justify your numbers. In 4e, I'm a mofoing DM. If I want a demon lord with a crap Will, there's no rule telling me I can't do that. Takes me 5 seconds. So much easier. [/QUOTE]

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