Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Anthtriel" data-source="post: 3868650" data-attributes="member: 13764">Everything that a computer can easily do way faster than a human is not "mastery" for me and doesn't need to be rewarded.I think real "rules mastery" and real "tinkering" is what the WotC designers themselves do: throwing together entire monsters/spells/abilities on the fly, without having to rely on broken advancement/template rules (which are broken for reasons very similar to the reasons why multiclassing and ECL is broken).If you have played long enough to know what numbers work, I don't see why you ever would want to rely on the published material for anything else than inspiration.Ultimatively, all RPG rules are nothing more than a crutch, and the 3E monster rules are a particularily uncomfortable crutch, that just begs to be thrown away once you don't need it anymore.</blockquote>