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knoj · 02-19-2002, 02:34 PM

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Personally, I think your idea isn't too great.

i)why would we want to make BG funnier?? We dont. It already can be pretty humerous.
ii)We dont want to make it easier either. It's called a challenge.
iii)Thirdly, not knowing what spells you are going to need/use, is called Real Life. BG has the system like that, because in RL you wouldn't know either....

i'm not talking about comedy. the game is already extremely
funny (at times). i am saying that the game could be more oriented towards the wizard, or atleast on an equal playing field with the fighters and rangers (who dominate the game). so then the question would have to be, how do you achieve this? well, i mentioned earlier that maybe they could have designed magic use around a point system and not memorization. i don't know? maybe this idea is "taboo" to the AD&D rulers and regulators. or maybe they could allocate more magic slots and at the same time make the monsters one or two notches more difficult? look, the last thing i would want to do is make the game easier, i just think it could be more balanced.

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02-19-2002, 02:34 PM	#12
knoj Dungeon Master Join Date: January 30, 2002 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Age: 43 Posts: 58	quote: Personally, I think your idea isn't too great. i)why would we want to make BG funnier?? We dont. It already can be pretty humerous. ii)We dont want to make it easier either. It's called a challenge. iii)Thirdly, not knowing what spells you are going to need/use, is called Real Life. BG has the system like that, because in RL you wouldn't know either.... i'm not talking about comedy. the game is already extremely funny (at times). i am saying that the game could be more oriented towards the wizard, or atleast on an equal playing field with the fighters and rangers (who dominate the game). so then the question would have to be, how do you achieve this? well, i mentioned earlier that maybe they could have designed magic use around a point system and not memorization. i don't know? maybe this idea is "taboo" to the AD&D rulers and regulators. or maybe they could allocate more magic slots and at the same time make the monsters one or two notches more difficult? look, the last thing i would want to do is make the game easier, i just think it could be more balanced. [ 02-19-2002: Message edited by: knoj ] [ 02-19-2002: Message edited by: knoj ] [ 02-19-2002: Message edited by: knoj ]