Lets just say that when I get bored, I also get way too imaginative. EOD (Elements of Death) was my way of expressing a need for well balanced, yet specialized characters in an rpg. There are times in many rpgs where individual characters are forced into a dangerous situation, and are sorely outclassed by their enemies. The challenge was creating characters in which true roleplaying could be achieved, but yet enforcing dependance on special classes within a group. Whereas in Dungeons and DragonsŪ a mage cannot deal with melee specialists as well as a fighter can, in EOD a magic user can go toe to toe with a fighter, but will only last longer than expected. In effect, you can ultimatly achieve a sense of the secret agent type of missions meant for futuristic role-playing games, and are given a staggering array of options to use for each battle (decreasing the boredom factor of just hacking and slashing). Feel like casting a little magic as a fighter, or using innate talents as a sniper? Sure you wont be as good as those other classes are, but hell, you can put up an interesting fight.