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Message: <blockquote data-quote="IanArgent" data-source="post: 3767004" data-attributes="member: 21673">Here's my POV: I "grew up" as a GM running Shadowrun (mainly SR3 - I have yet to run an SR4 session, and I had just started playing when SR2 came along), where there is very little (almost none at all) resource management either in the per day department or even in the per encounter department (as D&D has it). Magic is literally unlimited (as long as you can hack the drain, and with only a little bit of effort, you can sidestep drain for most spells). The only expendable metagame resource is the condition track (AKA damage). There's a small amount of cash/treasure management (do you use your expensive grenades/ammo/whatever in this fight or save it for another one), but D&D has that also.Based on that, it is entirely possible to run interesting, challenging, and fun encounters that involve no resource management decisions whatsoever. Every encounter teh PCs have the same level of (non-damage, non-explicitly expendable) resources available to them as they did in the previous one. And before you go into the whole "it's a different metagame environment" I have run explicit "dungeon" crawls (bug hunts usually) in SR with a good time had by all.Also, I'm in agreement with Mr. Mearls - a wizard should never have to pull out his crossbow because of game mechanics. He should always have something he can do as a wizard in every fight. As a practical matter, that requires at least per-encounter and probably at-will abilities. I don't like the way the game is balanced now where you give up low-level power for unbalanced power later in the game. (As an aside, I don't care for prestige classes that make you lose caster levels either).</blockquote>

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