• Veraticus@lib.lgbtEnglish
    214·
    10 months ago

    Keep balance for computer games. If I’m playing an RPG I want to be able to do crazy things if I plan and execute it properly. And rules for stumble attacks of opportunity for holy clerics of the sun just get in the way of the good stuff.

    • Dice
      39·
      10 months ago

      This is entirely correct. Balance does not matter in most games, because most games have resources that are depleted over a long term. You don’t need balance when healing takes weeks or difficult to replace resources.

      For games like 5e and pf2, where characters constantly are at full health, spells and equipment, combat needs to almost kill the party every time to be worth rolling dice.

      • Veraticus@lib.lgbtEnglish
        21·
        10 months ago

        Yes; or be an incredibly long boring slog because it needs to divorce the party from so many resources.