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<blockquote data-quote="Derren" data-source="post: 6238758" data-attributes="member: 2518">What are the goals of the people who demand that only combat characters with a mathematically balanced power level should be allowed to be played?Believe it or not, in my ideal version of D&amp;D everyone can still play what he wants as long as he is conscious about what the possibilities of D&amp;D are (= include all the non combat options and characters who are simply not good at it, too).In their ideal version of D&amp;D it seems only a small subset of characters are allowed, namely those who fall within the acceptable combat power spectrum.How diverse is a game where the first question about a character is &quot;is he good enough (but not too good) in combat&quot;?D&amp;D might have started as a tabletop wargame were this was indeed a important question, but it became more over time and broadened the horizon beyond just combat. Going back to making combat power a requirement threatens imo all the evolution in D&amp;D and personally I see the big exodus during 4E as a sign that there is a significant group of people who do not want that.So what version of D&amp;D will in your opinion attract more players?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Derren, post: 6238758, member: 2518"] What are the goals of the people who demand that only combat characters with a mathematically balanced power level should be allowed to be played? Believe it or not, in my ideal version of D&D everyone can still play what he wants as long as he is conscious about what the possibilities of D&D are (= include all the non combat options and characters who are simply not good at it, too). In their ideal version of D&D it seems only a small subset of characters are allowed, namely those who fall within the acceptable combat power spectrum. How diverse is a game where the first question about a character is "is he good enough (but not too good) in combat"? D&D might have started as a tabletop wargame were this was indeed a important question, but it became more over time and broadened the horizon beyond just combat. Going back to making combat power a requirement threatens imo all the evolution in D&D and personally I see the big exodus during 4E as a sign that there is a significant group of people who do not want that. So what version of D&D will in your opinion attract more players? [/QUOTE]

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