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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 3231963" data-attributes="member: 42582"><p>I'm sure they do. But for that sort of game, I find that D&amp;D runs into problems that other systems do not. For example, D&amp;D is balanced mainly around tactical play, and especially combat. In politically-themed games, I find it makes Enchantments and Divinations too easy, and alignment can tend to get in the way as well. For detailed immersion play, with a lot of political and religious thematic content, I actually prefer Rolemaster: (1) because of the detail in character development it allows, which thereby really allows a character's personality and inclinations to come through in his or her mechanical representation; (2) because powerful characters in RM are not as powerful as powerful characters in D&amp;D, particularly when it comes to physical toughness and Raise Dead, which means that political problems, even if they only involve ordinary mortals, can't always be cut through simply by brute force at little personal risk.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 3231963, member: 42582"] I'm sure they do. But for that sort of game, I find that D&D runs into problems that other systems do not. For example, D&D is balanced mainly around tactical play, and especially combat. In politically-themed games, I find it makes Enchantments and Divinations too easy, and alignment can tend to get in the way as well. For detailed immersion play, with a lot of political and religious thematic content, I actually prefer Rolemaster: (1) because of the detail in character development it allows, which thereby really allows a character's personality and inclinations to come through in his or her mechanical representation; (2) because powerful characters in RM are not as powerful as powerful characters in D&D, particularly when it comes to physical toughness and Raise Dead, which means that political problems, even if they only involve ordinary mortals, can't always be cut through simply by brute force at little personal risk. [/QUOTE]

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