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<blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 735908" data-attributes="member: 2">In my experience, Wizardru is correct. We powergamed WAY more in 1st edition than we do in 3e; it has a whole lot to do with the maturity level and playing style of our group, and very little to do with the edition.&nbsp; I've still got a copy of my 1e PC Randimar the Manyhanded, who helped kill two green dragons in three rounds - at 6th level. Another one of my 1e PCs had his own pet blue dragon. Sound familiar?I see people blaming playing style on rules, and that strikes me as an understandable error. It's always easier to blame a rules system than a player's style. I've found that the rules are a tool; you can use them to play whatever style game you want. Just because some people want to play super-powerful characters doesn't mean that there's an endemic problem with power escalation. On the contrary, I think rules supplements have stayed remarkably well balanced.Sholari, where do you live?*Putting on Admin hat* Pay attention to Henry's warning, folks. Don't make us pull out our cute animal pictures to restore peace.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Piratecat, post: 735908, member: 2"] In my experience, Wizardru is correct. We powergamed WAY more in 1st edition than we do in 3e; it has a whole lot to do with the maturity level and playing style of our group, and very little to do with the edition. I've still got a copy of my 1e PC Randimar the Manyhanded, who helped kill two green dragons in three rounds - at 6th level. Another one of my 1e PCs had his own pet blue dragon. Sound familiar? I see people blaming playing style on rules, and that strikes me as an understandable error. It's always easier to blame a rules system than a player's style. I've found that the rules are a tool; you can use them to play whatever style game you want. Just because some people want to play super-powerful characters doesn't mean that there's an endemic problem with power escalation. On the contrary, I think rules supplements have stayed remarkably well balanced. Sholari, where do you live? *Putting on Admin hat* Pay attention to Henry's warning, folks. Don't make us pull out our cute animal pictures to restore peace. :D [/QUOTE]

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