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<blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 2738565" data-attributes="member: 13892"><p>I'm not mischaracterizing anything. You've <em>repeatedly</em> and <em>specifically</em> characterized horror that strays from D&D's established tenets by way of optional rules that lower the power level of characters and/or settings as being 'the easy way out' and hailed the alternate approach as somehow being more cerebral. I've even cited specific examples of this criticism from your own posts. </p><p></p><p>Saying "I like low fantasy!" and then spending the rest of your four or five paragraph post dismissing it out of hand as being intellectually inferior to your favoured high fantasy mode of play is disingenuous at best, and extremely insulting at worst. The fact that you've done this repeatedly now and can't see it (or refuse to admit it) is a problem. </p><p></p><p>Given this, I can see that continuing any discussion with you is rather pointless - you continue to level ad-hominem criticism of low-fantasy and those who indulge it, while trying to dismiss that criticism with a hand wave and a "I like low fantasy! Really, I do!" disclaimer. again, disingenuous at best, insulting at worst. </p><p></p><p>Add to this the fact that you've offered up exactly <em>one</em> example to support your stance compared to the ]i]dozens[/i] of examples that have been put forth to contradict it (and that this one example had to create a new definition for the word 'powerless' in order to make any sense) and you've got... well... </p><p></p><p>Let's just say that I can see this isn't going anywhere. Or at least anywhere good. I wish I could say that it has been a pleasure, but I'd be lying if I did so. I'm bowing out of this discussion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jdrakeh, post: 2738565, member: 13892"] I'm not mischaracterizing anything. You've [i]repeatedly[/i] and [i]specifically[/i] characterized horror that strays from D&D's established tenets by way of optional rules that lower the power level of characters and/or settings as being 'the easy way out' and hailed the alternate approach as somehow being more cerebral. I've even cited specific examples of this criticism from your own posts. Saying "I like low fantasy!" and then spending the rest of your four or five paragraph post dismissing it out of hand as being intellectually inferior to your favoured high fantasy mode of play is disingenuous at best, and extremely insulting at worst. The fact that you've done this repeatedly now and can't see it (or refuse to admit it) is a problem. Given this, I can see that continuing any discussion with you is rather pointless - you continue to level ad-hominem criticism of low-fantasy and those who indulge it, while trying to dismiss that criticism with a hand wave and a "I like low fantasy! Really, I do!" disclaimer. again, disingenuous at best, insulting at worst. Add to this the fact that you've offered up exactly [i]one[/i] example to support your stance compared to the ]i]dozens[/i] of examples that have been put forth to contradict it (and that this one example had to create a new definition for the word 'powerless' in order to make any sense) and you've got... well... Let's just say that I can see this isn't going anywhere. Or at least anywhere good. I wish I could say that it has been a pleasure, but I'd be lying if I did so. I'm bowing out of this discussion. [/QUOTE]
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