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<blockquote data-quote="Byronic" data-source="post: 4654471" data-attributes="member: 56829">Personally I could think of two ways in which it was done well.Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying is one, although I admit I have never played it I did get the gist of it through reading the book.Wizards in WHFRP can do a lot of things that other PCs can't. Like boil peoples blood and such. However using magic was far from risk free and the Wizard did risk a lot for his art. This meant that while the Wizard was more powerful it was also more risky. This also served as a way to limit the amount of spells a wizard would cast without creating a very artificial boundry (Vancian) and all this without forcing balance.Although if someone who played the game thinks I've misinterpretted it please say so.Another way of doing this would be to balance out the characters in other ways. Perhaps give the weaker Hobbit Thief the Luck of the Underdog or something else to help him survive the world and still participate. It would still be balanced but they would be different and the flavour would be retained.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Byronic, post: 4654471, member: 56829"] Personally I could think of two ways in which it was done well. Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying is one, although I admit I have never played it I did get the gist of it through reading the book. Wizards in WHFRP can do a lot of things that other PCs can't. Like boil peoples blood and such. However using magic was far from risk free and the Wizard did risk a lot for his art. This meant that while the Wizard was more powerful it was also more risky. This also served as a way to limit the amount of spells a wizard would cast without creating a very artificial boundry (Vancian) and all this without forcing balance. Although if someone who played the game thinks I've misinterpretted it please say so. Another way of doing this would be to balance out the characters in other ways. Perhaps give the weaker Hobbit Thief the Luck of the Underdog or something else to help him survive the world and still participate. It would still be balanced but they would be different and the flavour would be retained. [/QUOTE]

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