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<blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 5433910" data-attributes="member: 386">That's one way to handle it, and I can see why you'd write up a game that did exactly that.&nbsp; The reasons I decided not to go that way are: 1. because I wanted to challenge the player, and while you can challenge players with either method, I think this way brings it to the forefront a little more; and 2. because I wanted to make sure that the game world was always in the forefront of the player's minds, not only for immersion, but also so that they would think &quot;outside of the box&quot; when solving challenges.It's a middle-way that combines some old-school stuff with new-school ideas.&nbsp; (Sorcerer was the inspiration.)&nbsp; I can think of reasons why you wouldn't want to run things this way; off the top of my head, a game in which you are guaranteed to play the character you want.&nbsp; My game makes no such guarantee; I want PCs to change a lot based on play, and not necessarily in ways that players would have chosen for themselves.That makes sense.&nbsp; Different tastes, eh?&nbsp; I always liked the nitty-gritty details of fight scenes - probably why I preferred Palladium Fantasy's combat system to 2E AD&amp;D.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LostSoul, post: 5433910, member: 386"] That's one way to handle it, and I can see why you'd write up a game that did exactly that. The reasons I decided not to go that way are: 1. because I wanted to challenge the player, and while you can challenge players with either method, I think this way brings it to the forefront a little more; and 2. because I wanted to make sure that the game world was always in the forefront of the player's minds, not only for immersion, but also so that they would think "outside of the box" when solving challenges. It's a middle-way that combines some old-school stuff with new-school ideas. (Sorcerer was the inspiration.) I can think of reasons why you wouldn't want to run things this way; off the top of my head, a game in which you are guaranteed to play the character you want. My game makes no such guarantee; I want PCs to change a lot based on play, and not necessarily in ways that players would have chosen for themselves. That makes sense. Different tastes, eh? I always liked the nitty-gritty details of fight scenes - probably why I preferred Palladium Fantasy's combat system to 2E AD&D. [/QUOTE]

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