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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6252010" data-attributes="member: 22779">Note, difficult=/=impossible.I'm going to stand by the idea that 3e does not do horror particularly well.&nbsp; The characters are just too capable.&nbsp; Far too powerful.Then again, I wasn't a bit fan of D&amp;D horror in the first place in 2e for exactly the same reason.&nbsp; 2e characters are just too powerful to be challenged particularly by 2e monsters.&nbsp; You start so high on the power scale that minor undead are a speed bump.&nbsp; The only real challenge is &quot;Do I have the right plus sword to kill this thing?&quot;&nbsp; D&amp;D, for me, has been strongly a heroic fantasy and pulp fantasy game.&nbsp; Neither lends itself to the idea of PC's being on the weak end of the power scale.&nbsp; I just haven't played D&amp;D at that end of the spectrum to be honest.&nbsp; 3d6 in order?&nbsp; That may have been Method 1, but it was never the default where I played.&nbsp; It was always 4d6 arrange to taste.&nbsp; So, yeah, I saw 3e as a major powering down of PC's relative to the creatures that they faced.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6252010, member: 22779"] Note, difficult=/=impossible. I'm going to stand by the idea that 3e does not do horror particularly well. The characters are just too capable. Far too powerful. Then again, I wasn't a bit fan of D&D horror in the first place in 2e for exactly the same reason. 2e characters are just too powerful to be challenged particularly by 2e monsters. You start so high on the power scale that minor undead are a speed bump. The only real challenge is "Do I have the right plus sword to kill this thing?" D&D, for me, has been strongly a heroic fantasy and pulp fantasy game. Neither lends itself to the idea of PC's being on the weak end of the power scale. I just haven't played D&D at that end of the spectrum to be honest. 3d6 in order? That may have been Method 1, but it was never the default where I played. It was always 4d6 arrange to taste. So, yeah, I saw 3e as a major powering [i]down[/i] of PC's relative to the creatures that they faced. [/QUOTE]

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