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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 5110692" data-attributes="member: 463">I'm not a fan of the Cleric class, yup.  I don't like the pre-4e assumption that all powerful priests and wizards are engines of destruction who can annihilate armies.  This is a result of using PC-Class rules for NPCs.  I love that in 4e I can have NPCs who are powerful ritual casters but with zero combat ability.Vancian magic doesn't hugely bug me but I find a spell-point system or the 4e system work better for my main campaign world.Scry-buff-teleport, and 7th-9th level spells generally, pre-4e.  This only became a huge problem with 3e because pre-3e hardly anyone could cast that stuff.3e CoDzilla.4e monster pinatas who Just Won't Die.  OK for the very occasional critter who has been suitably foreshadowed - eg I knew going in to Dungeon Delve #2 it featured a Goblin Underboss Elite, and I'd read criticism that this was a poorly designed monster, way too many hp.  I could have revised the stats, but this time I kept the stats, called him Buggett the Indestructible, made sure the PCs knew about his moniker, and played up his won't-die character, sloughing off scads of hp as he provoked opportunity attacks, shrugged off blasts, and took a dive off the 40' tower, pursued by a vengeful halfling PC who finally managed to nail him.</blockquote>