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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9171665" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Alright. Sounds like I simply wasn't getting what you were trying to say.That is: "feel awesome" is not simply someone saying, frex, "I feel like a berserker doing cool berserker things." It is not exclusively a subjective judgment--it has a component relating to actually achieving your goals, in addition to the look/appearance/"feel" of something: "I feel like a berserker doing cool berserker things that achieve my goals." Which is, of course, the only useful definition of "balance"--that something achieves both (a) the goals for which it was designed, and (b) the goals the player is told that it should fulfill.Hence why, for example, I have made such a big deal of the fact that D&D is fundamentally a game of:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">fantasy fiction (it features magic, relaxation of physical limitations, impossible feats, etc.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">cooperative (it can be played competitively, but that is not a goal it is designed for today)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">teamwork (not simply people happening to adventure together--people working with one another to succeed) role-playing (players will be expected, in some way, to act and/or think "as" their character)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">where players will<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">fight (central pillar 1: characters engage in interesting, meaningful conflict through force of arms and magic)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">explore (central pillar 2: characters engage in interesting, meaningful travel, typically through wilderness, ruin, and city)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">and socialize (central pillar 3: characters will act and react toward non-player entities in non-combat ways)</li> </ul></li> </ul>Each of these three is critical to the end result. I could spill a great deal of digital ink discussing them further, but perhaps that would be best left for a different discussion.</blockquote>

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