New Posts For Thread: I'm not quite sure how to word this...http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29758281/Im_not_quite_sure_how_to_word_this...So, before I go to bed tonight I thought I'd drop this discussion piece:While there are things I like in DDN that keep giving me hope, I absolutely despise the current mechanics. This was most recently brought to my attention in Plaguescarred's recenThose extra numbers were in 3e given to every attribute so that all could enjoy them and it was spread out linearly instead of being all munged artificially together like the old 1e fighter going from 18/01 to 19 The later games do not mean the samehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29758281/Im_not_quite_sure_how_to_word_this...?post_id=528949957#528949957Those extra numbers were in 3e given to every attribute so that all could enjoy them and it was spread out linearly instead of being all munged artificially together like the old 1e fighter going from 18/01 to 19 The later games do not mean the sameMon, 11 Feb 2013 14:20:56 -0600Perhaps. But you cannot make a blanket statement with regards to absolute numbers and their properties of being balanced or not and be accurate. The answer is it depends and there are no extremes if the scales are defined relative to the numbers. Anhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29758281/Im_not_quite_sure_how_to_word_this...?post_id=528949523#528949523Perhaps. But you cannot make a blanket statement with regards to absolute numbers and their properties of being balanced or not and be accurate. The answer is it depends and there are no extremes if the scales are defined relative to the numbers. AnMon, 11 Feb 2013 14:08:22 -0600On the contrary - a lack of a cap allows attack bonuses to continue to rise.If attack bonuses rise, but defenses don't - eventually the game breaks.Carl[/quote]That's a different scenario. In other words, a broken mechanic is broken. Attack can be 0-http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29758281/Im_not_quite_sure_how_to_word_this...?post_id=528949027#528949027On the contrary - a lack of a cap allows attack bonuses to continue to rise.If attack bonuses rise, but defenses don't - eventually the game breaks.Carl[/quote]That's a different scenario. In other words, a broken mechanic is broken. Attack can be 0-Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:54:21 -0600On the contrary - a lack of a cap allows attack bonuses to continue to rise.If attack bonuses rise, but defenses don't - eventually the game breaks.Carl[/quote]That's a different scenario. In other words, a broken mechanic is broken. Attack can be 0-http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29758281/Im_not_quite_sure_how_to_word_this...?post_id=528948893#528948893On the contrary - a lack of a cap allows attack bonuses to continue to rise.If attack bonuses rise, but defenses don't - eventually the game breaks.Carl[/quote]That's a different scenario. In other words, a broken mechanic is broken. Attack can be 0-Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:50:39 -0600My personal opinion (which has no relevance to what they decided):Ability scores over 20 are [redacted] because they are physically silly.No human - not even the greatest hero - is significantly stronger than the strongest giants or the largest beasthttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29758281/Im_not_quite_sure_how_to_word_this...?post_id=528948607#528948607My personal opinion (which has no relevance to what they decided):Ability scores over 20 are [redacted] because they are physically silly.No human - not even the greatest hero - is significantly stronger than the strongest giants or the largest beastMon, 11 Feb 2013 13:40:56 -0600