To scale or not to Scale

[daveyd]

I'm against scaling. I think that it really detracts from the satisfaction of your character gradually increase in skill if random monsters are also increasing in power. That said, I think that leveling up should be relatively slow, i.e., you shouldn't quickly go from inexperienced to god-like warrior. I don't like how in D&D you gain so many HP; A blow from a sword should be a pretty serious wound for anyone... even an experienced fighter. A skilled fighter should be better at dodging, but not able to shrug off dozens of wounds that would have killed someone else.