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<blockquote data-quote="DinoInDisguise" data-source="post: 9503986" data-attributes="member: 7045806">I can flip this around and make the same statement in reverse. That 5e is too &quot;hard&quot; and that there should be an optional rule to make it easier. Your explanation as to why it's a system issue, quoted below, simply makes all differences in play style, not codified in the rules, into a &quot;system issue.&quot;So what is the solution beyond infinite optional rules to placate each play style? Is this not just an unsolvable problem that we can use to critique 5e until the end of time? Because even with a thousand books full of just optional rules, someone will still be able to make this argument about their preferred style. Or are we just going to draw arbitrary lines of popularity before a niche requires an optional rule? And if so, who decides where that line is? And who is to say that the mindset Micah described meets that line?If this is a system issue, all systems have issues equal to or greater than the number of styles of play not specifically addressed by the system. And criticizing a system for this &quot;issue&quot; would be like criticizing an architect because their floor plan doesn't fit the tastes of every potential future owner.Seems pretty absurd to me as an expectation, and I love optional rules.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DinoInDisguise, post: 9503986, member: 7045806"] I can flip this around and make the same statement in reverse. That 5e is too "hard" and that there should be an optional rule to make it easier. Your explanation as to why it's a system issue, quoted below, simply makes all differences in play style, not codified in the rules, into a "system issue." So what is the solution beyond infinite optional rules to placate each play style? Is this not just an unsolvable problem that we can use to critique 5e until the end of time? Because even with a thousand books full of just optional rules, someone will still be able to make this argument about their preferred style. Or are we just going to draw arbitrary lines of popularity before a niche requires an optional rule? And if so, who decides where that line is? And who is to say that the mindset Micah described meets that line? If this is a system issue, all systems have issues equal to or greater than the number of styles of play not specifically addressed by the system. And criticizing a system for this "issue" would be like criticizing an architect because their floor plan doesn't fit the tastes of every potential future owner. Seems pretty absurd to me as an expectation, and I love optional rules. [/QUOTE]

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