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<blockquote data-quote="Donovan Morningfire" data-source="post: 3650650" data-attributes="member: 39532">Every RPG ruleset to some extent or another has loopholes in the mechanics that can be exploited by players willing to do so.&nbsp; That's why they have one person that's responsible for being the final arbiter of the rules as well as providing the adventure framework for the session.Not to put to blunt a point on it, but given the imagination of the designers of ANY role-playing game is VASTLY outnumbered by the number of players out there, it is impossible to create a truely interactive role-playing game that will perfectly cater to everyone and cover every possible scenario.&nbsp; That's why the role of GM exists, to cover things like this.&nbsp; It's the nature of the beast.&nbsp; No matter how well intended the designers of any RPG are, there is going to be a player out there that spots and exploits a loophole in the rules.Given that, I think Chris, Rodney, Owen, Gary, and whomever else was involved did a bang-up job on getting a set of game mechanics that captures the &quot;wow&quot; factor of Star Wars but without letting things get too out of control, especially for Force-users in general and Jedi in particular.&nbsp; And as someone noted earlier in this thread, it seems that a lot of what we see as being overlooked issues were actually intended by the designers in some form or another.I for one am toying with applying Saga Edition (sans Force stuff) to Mechamorphosis for a Transformers game, with a bit of d20 Modern and d20 Future thrown in as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Donovan Morningfire, post: 3650650, member: 39532"] Every RPG ruleset to some extent or another has loopholes in the mechanics that can be exploited by players willing to do so. That's why they have one person that's responsible for being the final arbiter of the rules as well as providing the adventure framework for the session. Not to put to blunt a point on it, but given the imagination of the designers of ANY role-playing game is VASTLY outnumbered by the number of players out there, it is impossible to create a truely interactive role-playing game that will perfectly cater to everyone and cover every possible scenario. That's why the role of GM exists, to cover things like this. It's the nature of the beast. No matter how well intended the designers of any RPG are, there is going to be a player out there that spots and exploits a loophole in the rules. Given that, I think Chris, Rodney, Owen, Gary, and whomever else was involved did a bang-up job on getting a set of game mechanics that captures the "wow" factor of Star Wars but without letting things get too out of control, especially for Force-users in general and Jedi in particular. And as someone noted earlier in this thread, it seems that a lot of what we see as being overlooked issues were actually intended by the designers in some form or another. I for one am toying with applying Saga Edition (sans Force stuff) to Mechamorphosis for a Transformers game, with a bit of d20 Modern and d20 Future thrown in as well. [/QUOTE]

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