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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7907945" data-attributes="member: 20564">That's why it's not the mechanical goal, but rather the DM goal.&nbsp; Which is a perfectly achievable goal and happens all the time - players each get a good amount of spotlight and are satisfied with a session.The mechanical goal is not to make the DM's life harder to do it.That statement - when you expand it out to &quot;balance&quot; - is demonstrably wrong.&nbsp; I am sure that you can think of a game you were in where it didn't happen equally and someone went home bummed.&nbsp; It does not naturally shine reasonably equally on all players so that everyone is satisfied just by playing. That's work on the DM part. And the players part at good tables. Sometimes it's easy and just flows, sometimes it more work.The last campaign I ran the first page of my session planning was a list of all the PCs I copied each time with skills &amp; features and other info, so that if some hadn't been getting enough spotlight I could make sure I put in more opportunities.&nbsp; &quot;Hmm, the rogue was taking a bit of a back seat last session.&nbsp; Hmm, they are good at traps and I haven't had any recently, let me make sure I include them.&nbsp; Oh, and throw in a contact with that shifty 'friend' of theirs with another 'good offer'.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7907945, member: 20564"] That's why it's not the mechanical goal, but rather the DM goal. Which is a perfectly achievable goal and happens all the time - players each get a good amount of spotlight and are satisfied with a session. The mechanical goal is [I]not to make the DM's life harder to do it[/I]. That statement - when you expand it out to "balance" - is demonstrably wrong. I am sure that you can think of a game you were in where it didn't happen equally and someone went home bummed. It does not [I]naturally shine [B][COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)][SIZE=4]reasonably equally on all players so that everyone is satisfied[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B] just by playing[/I]. That's work on the DM part. And the players part at good tables. Sometimes it's easy and just flows, sometimes it more work. The last campaign I ran the first page of my session planning was a list of all the PCs I copied each time with skills & features and other info, so that if some hadn't been getting enough spotlight I could make sure I put in more opportunities. "Hmm, the rogue was taking a bit of a back seat last session. Hmm, they are good at traps and I haven't had any recently, let me make sure I include them. Oh, and throw in a contact with that shifty 'friend' of theirs with another 'good offer'." [/QUOTE]

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