>>32572172I'm not saying he didn't fudge shit. We even found a Hidden Power TM in the first dungeon after my character's starter failed to do shit for damage repeatedly because all their moves were physical and they were a special attacker. If the party tried to run after getting overwhelmed he would let us, and I think he once bullshitted a second form for one of the totems when we one-shotted them. I'm not complaining about them doing any of that, but that he needed to fudge so often proved the balance is a bit fucky. A good GM can make any system work with homebrew and fudging where necessary, but that doesn't mean the system is perfect, though as I said at the beginning of my post I still really like the system.
