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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bardolph" data-source="post: 5031018" data-attributes="member: 2304">I never said it wasn't fun. Just that it wasn't balanced.Believe me, most games I played in had their fair share of thieves and wizards. Why? Because most players don't have any clue how useless they're going to be - they just know that wizards and thieves are SEXY, and they get lured in by dreams of stealing stuff from their friends or of being an all-powerful lightning-crackling god on earth. It just doesn't pan out that way on the table.Part of the fun comes from realizing that once you've cast your one sleep for the day, you're now totally defenseless and vulnerable and that even a stiff breeze might kill you. As a thief, it gets even better, since your whole purpose in life is to roll against a 5%-25% chance of success to avoid some kind of lethal death trap that will knock you of the adventure. But if you get lucky, you get to the treasure first, and can try to keep it from your friends!The funny thing is, danger is fun, and so players still can have a good time. But the fun had very little to do with how well balanced the rules were.I always thought it was ironic how many pages of ink were spent describing spells that will never be used in the vast majority of games. It makes great reading, though, and definitely sets the mood for the game.</blockquote>