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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7704768" data-attributes="member: 996">I'm sure that somewhere on the blasted battlefields of the edition war, there's a post to that effect.  And, short of that, I must have questioned the relevance or plausibility of the /reasons/ given for disliking it on occasion, I'm sure.Psoinics, encumbrance, speed factor, weapon v armor type, threatening reach...I think part of it is psychological and part of it is practical.  It just feels good to see the things you want being placed as high as possible in that hierarchy of officialdom (ie PH standard > AL-official > PH opt-in > DMG opt-in > later supplement opt-in > UA > DMsG > 3pp > EN5ider > house rules - I'm guessing, I'd put print 3pp above DMsG, but I doubt most would agree, for instance).  In the practical sense, the more-official/less-optional DMs perceive something you'd like to play, the easier it'll be to find a game where it's available.  The more confident you are that the thing in question is worthy, the more likely you'll be perfectly happy with it not being opt-in: not in the standard game 'only' an option in the PH (like Multi-Classing, for instance), or even only in a later supplement or UA.  Conversely, if you want to deprive others of the chance to play something even when you're not DMing (or even playing at their table to make a case against it in person), you want to hold the line on it as far down the hierarchy as possible.  The more you believe the idea is genuinely bad rather than just a matter of personal distaste, the higher up the chain you'll be able to tolerate it crawling.Level Drain was truly horrible, IMHO, but it's not complicated to implement.  A discussion on alternate ways to deal with it might have been nice, though.  I could imagine it discussing various ways of re-gaining drained levels, for instance, from long rest/level to re-earning a reduced amount of exp to completely out of luck.</blockquote>

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