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<blockquote data-quote="Zinovia" data-source="post: 4958478" data-attributes="member: 57373">A DM's SoliloquyTo ban, or not to ban: that is the question:Whether 'tis fairer in the game to suffer The salves and bloodclaws of outrageous items,Or to say no against the cheese of combos,And by opposing end them? To ban: to stop;No more; the winter-touched and lasting frostThe fey charge and the stacking damage modsCharOp is prone to, 'tis a resolutionDevoutly to be wish'd. To stop, to ban;To ban: to deny a choice: ay, there's the rub;For in that ban of feats what options lost?When we have written off the players' choice, Must give us pause: there's the respectThat makes us friends with lasting games;Yet who would bear the breaking of balance,One striker dealing twice the DPR,The pangs of natural envy when dice are rolled, And damage stacked upon damage again,Other players notice of the combos take,Then he himself might iron armbands makeWith enchant item? who would deny the right,'Til every melee character looks the same,Armed with bloodclaw, armbands, and Righteous Rage,Each wizard Staff of Ruin bears offhand,While undiscover'd countries they explore,And makes us rather bear those goods we haveThan pick up others that may be subpar? Thus charop does make lemmings of us all;And thus the wealth of diverse options,Is whittled down to those which are the best.Yet in adventures of great plot and action'Tis not the items or the feats that are recalled;Nay, it is the actions of the heroes And the stories told 'round the gaming tableThat will long be remember'd.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zinovia, post: 4958478, member: 57373"] [b]A DM's Soliloquy[/b] To ban, or not to ban: that is the question: Whether 'tis fairer in the game to suffer The salves and bloodclaws of outrageous items, Or to say no against the cheese of combos, And by opposing end them? To ban: to stop; No more; the winter-touched and lasting frost The fey charge and the stacking damage mods CharOp is prone to, 'tis a resolution Devoutly to be wish'd. To stop, to ban; To ban: to deny a choice: ay, there's the rub; For in that ban of feats what options lost? When we have written off the players' choice, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes us friends with lasting games; Yet who would bear the breaking of balance, One striker dealing twice the DPR, The pangs of natural envy when dice are rolled, And damage stacked upon damage again, Other players notice of the combos take, Then he himself might iron armbands make With enchant item? who would deny the right, 'Til every melee character looks the same, Armed with bloodclaw, armbands, and Righteous Rage, Each wizard Staff of Ruin bears offhand, While undiscover'd countries they explore, And makes us rather bear those goods we have Than pick up others that may be subpar? Thus charop does make lemmings of us all; And thus the wealth of diverse options, Is whittled down to those which are the best. Yet in adventures of great plot and action 'Tis not the items or the feats that are recalled; Nay, it is the actions of the heroes And the stories told 'round the gaming table That will long be remember'd. [/QUOTE]

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