alleynbard wrote:
Dr. Double Honors, Ph.D. wrote:
I just don't see how 3e mechanics detract from verisimilitude, and the examples they give aren't at all persuasive to me--they seem special pleading, exaggerative, prejudiced, etc. The fact that there are structures for characters to attempt almost any action imaginable, and it not be left up to the limited resources of the DM of the moment, all add to inhabiting the game world/suspension of disbelief, as far as I am concerned.
Hmmm, I actually think they have some valid reasons for not liking those aspects of the game. But I guess it comes down to perception.
Of course, there are a ton of reasons that go well past the issue with challenge resolution. But that would likely take pages and pages of discussion to detail fully. Not to mention, I am sure it would spawn an edition war. Then the sun would grow dark and the moon would be as blood. <insert obligatory Ghostbusters quote here>
DOGS AND CATS LIVING TOGETHER!!! MASS HYSTERIA!!!!!!!!!
;)