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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 326107" data-attributes="member: 2205">&quot;Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force. &quot; -- Darth VaderI think Monte's reaction comes from an over-reliance on his system; he thinks too highly of it.&nbsp; It's his technological terror!&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> He probably (and the other designers, and many players as well, I'd wager) that it is so finely balanced that tinkering of that nature will screw it up.&nbsp; So we get advice in the DMG that DMs should just change their adventures to challenge the PCs other ways, instead of suggestions for how the system could be modified for other genres.It's kinda odd, really, considering that Monte also wrote CoC, which eliminates this and many other problems with multi-genre d20.&nbsp; Maybe he just thinks so highly of his game that he doesn't think the actual players should be mucking around with it?&nbsp; I dunno.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 326107, member: 2205"] [color=aliceblue]"Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force. " -- Darth Vader I think Monte's reaction comes from an over-reliance on his system; he thinks too highly of it. It's his technological terror! :) He probably (and the other designers, and many players as well, I'd wager) that it is so finely balanced that tinkering of that nature will screw it up. So we get advice in the DMG that DMs should just change their adventures to challenge the PCs other ways, instead of suggestions for how the system could be modified for other genres. It's kinda odd, really, considering that Monte also wrote CoC, which eliminates this and many other problems with multi-genre d20. Maybe he just thinks so highly of his game that he doesn't think the actual players should be mucking around with it? I dunno. [/color] [/QUOTE]

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