@redwyrmofficial I gave all my players incredibly powerful items to fie their build. My cleric basically has the ability to bring the while party back to nearly full in a single round. If you ask them, I still manage to make my combats tough and nervewracking despite this. Wyrmling gets it.
@YoDanno It took me a while to understand since I joined D&D at the start of 3.5, but I don't hate THAC0. It just puts more math on the DM rather than players.