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<blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 1120523" data-attributes="member: 9254">Great Ghu, remind me to never be in your games.&nbsp; My inner anal-retentive engineer wants the complicated system but the pragmatic GM says reasonable speed &amp; balance.&nbsp; (FYI: I build computer simulations of hydraulic systems in my day job)Reality is great as long as it doesn't get in the way of the fun.&nbsp; Vice versa, get too far from what one professor called &quot;caveman phsyics&quot; (the stuff people intuitively understand) and the game ceases to be fun because they spend so much time double-thinking.&nbsp; Truth is, 3.x shouldn't have any more mechanical gradations; some would say several items are already unnecessary but there are specific conditions that make them worthwhile to a large enough group of people to be worthwhile.&nbsp; But the tasty flavor provided by wrapping rules in various doughs &amp; spice and deep frying is something 3.x could use.However you must realize, I've had PCs spend weeks getting a non-magical romanesque brush helmet that matches the nifty bronze armor they found.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kigmatzomat, post: 1120523, member: 9254"] Great Ghu, remind me to never be in your games. My inner anal-retentive engineer wants the complicated system but the pragmatic GM says reasonable speed & balance. (FYI: I build computer simulations of hydraulic systems in my day job) Reality is great as long as it doesn't get in the way of the fun. Vice versa, get too far from what one professor called "caveman phsyics" (the stuff people intuitively understand) and the game ceases to be fun because they spend so much time double-thinking. Truth is, 3.x shouldn't have any more mechanical gradations; some would say several items are already unnecessary but there are specific conditions that make them worthwhile to a large enough group of people to be worthwhile. But the tasty flavor provided by wrapping rules in various doughs & spice and deep frying is something 3.x could use. However you must realize, I've had PCs spend weeks getting a non-magical romanesque brush helmet that matches the nifty bronze armor they found. [/QUOTE]

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