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<blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 9327693" data-attributes="member: 467">Fun is relative.My point,&nbsp; though, was that the MU types have been consistently unshackled as editions have gone by, and that might not be a good thing -- even for fun.Look, if what people want is class fantasy without restriction, resource management based design is a terrible fit. Just let wizards cast fireball and let warriors smite enemies with abandon. That's fine.But, if what you actually want is for there to be a difference between swords and sorcery in play, you have to choose how to do that. One solution is to make everything the same with different flavor text. A better solution,&nbsp; IMO, is to change the difficulties and costs of things relative to their perceived power.I want a game in which the necromancer can summon something horrible from beyond the veil, but not if the veteran soldier turned adventurer stabs him in the neck first.D&amp;D never quite got that right, even early on, but has completely abandoned it now. Which is fine, but don't complain your casters are OP when you spent 3 decades unfettering them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Reynard, post: 9327693, member: 467"] Fun is relative. My point, though, was that the MU types have been consistently unshackled as editions have gone by, and that might not be a good thing -- even for fun. Look, if what people want is class fantasy without restriction, resource management based design is a terrible fit. Just let wizards cast fireball and let warriors smite enemies with abandon. That's fine. But, if what you actually want is for there to be a difference between swords and sorcery in play, you have to choose how to do that. One solution is to make everything the same with different flavor text. A better solution, IMO, is to change the difficulties and costs of things relative to their perceived power. I want a game in which the necromancer can summon something horrible from beyond the veil, but not if the veteran soldier turned adventurer stabs him in the neck first. D&D never quite got that right, even early on, but has completely abandoned it now. Which is fine, but don't complain your casters are OP when you spent 3 decades unfettering them. [/QUOTE]

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