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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 1557169" data-attributes="member: 463">Apparently RPGs are failing because of Gaps in the Monster lineup... *sigh* <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />I guess I agree, but this is a feature specifically of D&amp;D/d20 3e, not the whole RPG maret, AFAIK.&nbsp; 3e seems to have been designed by people much more comfortable with running an abstract skirmish wargame than running an actual role-playing game.&nbsp; The trouble with that is that skirmish wargames are only really fun IMO if both sides are roughly equal, with a good chance to win.&nbsp; If you then apply that to an RPG with continuing characters you get tons of dead PCs and almost no chance for character development.&nbsp; Plus for a wargame, D&amp;D's rules are insanely complicated, &amp; in the wrong places.&nbsp; Games Workshop does it much better.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 1557169, member: 463"] Apparently RPGs are failing because of Gaps in the Monster lineup... *sigh* :( I guess I agree, but this is a feature specifically of D&D/d20 3e, not the whole RPG maret, AFAIK. 3e seems to have been designed by people much more comfortable with running an abstract skirmish wargame than running an actual role-playing game. The trouble with that is that skirmish wargames are only really fun IMO if both sides are roughly equal, with a good chance to win. If you then apply that to an RPG with continuing characters you get tons of dead PCs and almost no chance for character development. Plus for a wargame, D&D's rules are insanely complicated, & in the wrong places. Games Workshop does it much better. [/QUOTE]

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