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<blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 3227704" data-attributes="member: 5889"><p>I have no problem with a designer coming up with a "cheat" if its cool and well thought out.</p><p></p><p>For example, the uber cold its so cold room is lame. Now if it had said, the room is so cold your taking 10d6 damage a round, the mass resist cold will definately help but your taking damage...then that's fine.</p><p></p><p>If a room is so dark daylight won't work that's fine, I could believe a high level darkness spell was used. But if I spend a wish to create an uber daylight spell it should work!!</p><p></p><p>I think the frictionless room is a neat idea. Basically there's a special magical material out there that has no friction. Bam, cool idea.</p><p></p><p>Also, planes are a good way to cheat. If the players go to some exotic plane then the rules can get broken all the designer wants, that's one of the benefits of the planes and whey they are good for high level adventurers.</p><p></p><p>But yeah saying teleportation, fly, true seeing doesn't work just because is a cop out. Its one of the burdens of designing high level adventurers, some times you have to grim and bear the fact that classic challenges just do not apply.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stalker0, post: 3227704, member: 5889"] I have no problem with a designer coming up with a "cheat" if its cool and well thought out. For example, the uber cold its so cold room is lame. Now if it had said, the room is so cold your taking 10d6 damage a round, the mass resist cold will definately help but your taking damage...then that's fine. If a room is so dark daylight won't work that's fine, I could believe a high level darkness spell was used. But if I spend a wish to create an uber daylight spell it should work!! I think the frictionless room is a neat idea. Basically there's a special magical material out there that has no friction. Bam, cool idea. Also, planes are a good way to cheat. If the players go to some exotic plane then the rules can get broken all the designer wants, that's one of the benefits of the planes and whey they are good for high level adventurers. But yeah saying teleportation, fly, true seeing doesn't work just because is a cop out. Its one of the burdens of designing high level adventurers, some times you have to grim and bear the fact that classic challenges just do not apply. [/QUOTE]
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