I agree balance is more art than science, but it is explainable and the explanation should be agreeable to most people.
And this will be achieved on roughly the same timescale as getting most people to agree that world peace really just means that we all just need to get along.
Good luck with that.
There is no one true balance. It is only achieved by constantly adjusting the variables.
Agreed.
Good luck with that.
Thanks!
Sisyphus says hi.
A character is balanced when thinking about it creates a big expectation of fun.That sounds like he's just applying the word "balance" to what he wants it to mean, rather than trying to figure out what it is. That doesn't even make sense.
I agree, sounds like it. A friend and I, both Dms, have got deep into the philosophising of balance. It isn't about feeling insanely powerful, lording over everyone else (or feeling that way), or necessarily getting something great every level--that is a sales gimmick and a way to draw in players, with the offer of easy power and quickly rising power levels and new special abilities (until bloat occurs and you can't even fit everything in the class table, *cough cough* pathfinder).
I miss early 3.5... :D
I agree balance is more art than science, but it is explainable and the explanation should be agreeable to most people.And this will be achieved on roughly the same timescale as getting most people to agree that world peace really just means that we all just need to get along.
Good luck with that.
This doesn't mean we shouldn't try (to both balance and world peace).
Balance is subjective.
The acrobatics skill would like a word with you.
Rules can't speak.
You assume communication is only verbally?
And some people will find that balanced, and some will not.
This. I had to learn it the hard way.
No, I assume the rules are not sentient.
LMFAO.
No, I assume the rules are not sentient.
What's that have to do with anything?
If it's not sentient, it can't talk to me.
In what sense?
In a 'having a word' sense.
Why can't the rules have words, or even a word?
Good lord has this thread devolved to the point that you guys are literally arguing whether words can have words with people? Geez TOZ, your initial "because they aren't sentient" comment was worth a chuckle, but you need to know when to end the joke so you don't ruin the punchline.
because it's not sentient?
But if they aren't sentient and cannot speak to you, how could they possibly speak to others?
I just wanted to see how many favorites toz would get for the bait.
If they have words, can they not speak?
Hey all I said is they wanted to have a word with you G.
But they are words. They already HAVE had a word with me, by their very definition as words.
And I pointed out the impossibility of that fact.
Not satisfactorily.
And I pointed out the impossibility of that fact.
Why can can't they be with you? Hmmm, are you not willing to support the three children?