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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 3228556" data-attributes="member: 42582">I think this raises a very interesting point about whether or not D&amp;D really is (as some people claim, and others deny) a game system capable of being played in any style, from hardcore hack &amp; slash to pseudo-thespian immersion.Is it nearly always true of a D&amp;D game that stopping the PCs using their resources is spoiling the game - with only odd exceptions like that mentioned by Celebrim? If so, then D&amp;D doesn't support all styles of play equally, but rather leans towards a capability-maximisation/resource-management style of play.For that style of play, I can see that nerfs that are arbitrary from the point of view of the game rules are a type of cheating, because in the face of such nerfs this sort of play becomes harder, if not impossible, to do well. (One of the best articulations of this approach to both play and DM-ing that I know of is an article by Lewis Pulsipher, that was reprinted in Best of White Dwarf No 1.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 3228556, member: 42582"] I think this raises a very interesting point about whether or not D&D really is (as some people claim, and others deny) a game system capable of being played in any style, from hardcore hack & slash to pseudo-thespian immersion. Is it nearly always true of a D&D game that stopping the PCs using their resources is spoiling the game - with only odd exceptions like that mentioned by Celebrim? If so, then D&D doesn't support all styles of play equally, but rather leans towards a capability-maximisation/resource-management style of play. For that style of play, I can see that nerfs that are arbitrary from the point of view of the game rules are a type of cheating, because in the face of such nerfs this sort of play becomes harder, if not impossible, to do well. (One of the best articulations of this approach to both play and DM-ing that I know of is an article by Lewis Pulsipher, that was reprinted in Best of White Dwarf No 1.) [/QUOTE]

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