Re: session re****t

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:54:33 -0600, "gleichman"
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> wrote:

>1. Start with a core class, *take nothing away*. This is what you build a

>Paladin on top of, much like say God would build one on the base of a
normal 
>man.
>
>This has the advantage of allowing a fallen Paladin to default back to a 
>normal class without becoming a complete cripple- thus making the
temptation 
>to do for various reason more tempting.

Except that this creates a powerful temptation for everyone to play a
paladin, with no one wanting to play the core class, instead. And your
attempt to balance it by:

>The balancing factor in all this is that the Paladin is a direct servant
and 
>must be played as one. In addition to obeying the rules of their patron, 
>they can only count on drawing upon their special abilities in those
tasks 
>for which they are granted divine duty.

might work for your group, but not, IMO, for most groups. It's like a
Champions character built on 250 points (100 + 150 in disads) vs one
built on 100 points and no disads. They're both "net" 100 points, but
the first one is so much more powerful as to render the second
unplayable.  




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Erol K. Bayburt
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