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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CharlesRyan" data-source="post: 4725487" data-attributes="member: 5265">I have had times when my character was not a lot of fun to play because anything he could do could be done better by someone else. I've seen other players suffer that as well.I have also faced the non-fun conundrum of seeing an option that looked interesting, but knowing that the character would be less effective than those of my friends if I went that route.(To be clear, mechanical effectiveness isn't always a big deal. Some character concepts--and some entire games--are fun for reasons other than how mechanically effective you are. But when effectiveness is part of the fun--as it usually is in D&D--a reasonable degree of balance does affect the enjoyment of the game. . . .)</blockquote>