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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ipissimus" data-source="post: 4260537" data-attributes="member: 41514">Good points all, though there is also a dramatic side to the game as well.I've found that most gamers I know don't really play the game like real life, though, they want to play it like a movie. And fair enough, what's a fantasy game without the fantasy? Pick any fictional samurai, jedi or pirate and that's what they want to feel like while playing DnD.I think there's a strong case for making disarms, sunders, etc. martial encounter powers rather than feats. Or perhaps a feat that gives it as an encounter or daily power. For one, all the fictional characters I can think of for whom these types of maneuvers are commonplace are highly skilled combatants, going into the realms of superhuman skill with their chosen weapon (Zatoichi, I'm looking at you). Even then, they don't overuse the ability, because that would be boring.On the other side, you want to make them effective without becoming overused. These things work in drama where pacing dictates combat rather than effectiveness. The problem with 3E disarm, grapple, trip, sunder is that once the players 'get' the rules and build a character around them, all they tend to do is the one move over and over and over ad infinitum. It's essentially the same problem I had with straight attacks in 3E: roll dice, deal damage... yay... go to sleep until your next turn... repeat forever...Yeah, now chomping at the bit for Martial Power.</blockquote>

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