tjasamcarl, put to the sword...again.
Hello tjasamcarl mate!
I thought you knew better than to debate with me after last time!? Guess not!
tjasamcarl said:
The CR system isn't 'bonkers', its a rough tool. Wotc admitted as much in the DMG. It is balanced against min/maxed characters and under the assumption that a party's strengths and weaknesses would balance out in the end.
I see you have started early with referencing comments out of context!
My comment was addressing the Epic Challenge Ratings that myself and CRGreathouse were discussing, not the core CR mechanic. No doubt that bit of evidence passed you by.
tjasamcarl said:
What you did was take a rough guide, threw in a few abstractions without looking at REAL rules changes, and then pretended that you had found the 'essense' of DND balance. Yeah, brilliant....What it must be like to never be in possession of impressions and biases that aren't 'proven facts'...
Fantastic mate!
Keep up with the
ad hominem attacks, thats your only hope - since we both know you'll never come up with a legitamate point regarding my systems mechanics!
Obviously the Solars CR is wildly incorrect, as are certain dragons. Obviously at a certain point going by ECL; CR 'x+4' is not equal to x4 CR 'x'. These are
facts! But feel free to ignore them further.
tjasamcarl said:
UKs CR/Ecl system does not accuratly assess the challenge a party will face given the range of variation in class levels and monsters. Neither does Wotcs... Both are just generalizations..
True to a point. But as I mentioned last week; the secret to CRs is not being right, but rather not being wrong!
Since you usually fail to grasp the obvious, that means you don't have to be totally accurate, just don't be totally inaccurate (to the point where the mistake will cause ingame problems).
tjasamcarl said:
The difference is UK is framing his as being accurate in all situations, Wotc never did.
Totally misleading
and another
ad hominem attack in one sentence. Kudos mate!
tjasamcarl said:
To that effect Wotc made a judgment about under what class/level circumstances to balance monsters in order to determine CR, choosing the min/max route that is probably the most common and allows dms to assess the EL in the light of this assumption. UK on the other hand is screeching about the valildity of an article thrown together for a free webzine...
Look closely everyone how tjasamcarl makes a last ditch attempt to close the argument by appealing to authority...
Instead of addressing my actual mechanics in my article, he denounces the credibility of Asgard magazine! Essentially what hes trying to say is that its not what you know, but who you know! According to him, actual content is irrelevant. Fortunately I (and I'm sure most others here) see his 'Strawman' attacks as for what they are.
Stop by anytime tjasamcarl mate - I'm here all week!
Never before was my sig. more appropriate!