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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 9177654" data-attributes="member: 8461">And there's nothing wrong with that. This thread was never about trying to showcase that anyone's likes or dislikes are somehow objective qualities of what's good or bad. Rather, it was to showcase why some people find verisimilitude to be useful, and prefer that it be placed above (or at least, not below) other considerations in designing a fantasy world, and to then look at methods by which that goal is either helped or hindered by certain methods that are used or not used in that manner.In that regard, 4E was only mentioned with regard to the fact that it seemed (to a lot of people) to lend itself less to that particular method of engagement...which of course brought in the usual suspects, thinking that their preferred edition was being dissed and rising up to defend it, in a manner that's depressingly familiar. As [USER=7035894]@Clint_L[/USER] correctly noted, criticizing an edition isn't attacking it, and there needs to be an allowable method of looking at a(ny) game and analyzing where it falls short, not necessarily of its own design goals but of the expectations people have for it and how well it fits with what they want out of a TTRPG experience. But we keep seeing (the same) people threadcrapping by seeing any negative review of their preferred game as an attack that justifies retaliation.I mean, I don't disagree that this is an issue, but it seems like a comparatively minor one. A line or two about draconic toughness could fix this. Don't get me wrong, it would be better for that to be expressed in the game itself (though I wonder if there's a supplement out there, first- or third-party, that does so), but filling in absolutely everything strikes me as having feasibility issues.Did your paladin get to that AC with a single suit of enchanted plate armor? Or did they do it with a combination of items and features? Because if it's the latter, 3E allows for the same.</blockquote>

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