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Fudging the Numbers in 3ed - Forked from: Why do you keep playing 4e?
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<blockquote data-quote="ProfessorCirno" data-source="post: 4617876" data-attributes="member: 65637"><p>The problem with the baseball analogy is that this isn't the big leagues, and fudging the dice isn't changing the entire damn game.</p><p></p><p>Now, I'm having a game hosted at my house, so I want some snacks. I move get the assorted nuts and whatnot ready, and liberally apply whatever I so desire into The Bowl. The game goes down, people have a great time. The next week comes along, and we're going to finish the game at my house, only - why, what's this? This box of assorted nuts states "FEEL FREE TO MIX THIS IN WITH OTHER NUTS OR EVEN CHIPS, BUT PROBABLY NOT CHOCOLATE AS THAT'S A BIT TOO MUCH." So now this new box of nuts is allowing me to do <em>what I was already doing</em>.</p><p></p><p>3.x never stated "YOU ARE NEVER ALLOWED TO FUDGE ANYTHING." Rule 0, at it's most basic level, was "It's a freaking <em>game</em>, and you're running it. Your call, chief." Now, if you feel uncomfortable mixing nuts together without explicit approval, then I can see why you'd love the new box, but it's not like the assorted nuts mixer is going to fly down to my house and punch me in the face when his box never stated I could mix his nuts. I don't see the issue with taking liberty with his...you know what? Maybe nuts was the wrong food to use.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProfessorCirno, post: 4617876, member: 65637"] The problem with the baseball analogy is that this isn't the big leagues, and fudging the dice isn't changing the entire damn game. Now, I'm having a game hosted at my house, so I want some snacks. I move get the assorted nuts and whatnot ready, and liberally apply whatever I so desire into The Bowl. The game goes down, people have a great time. The next week comes along, and we're going to finish the game at my house, only - why, what's this? This box of assorted nuts states "FEEL FREE TO MIX THIS IN WITH OTHER NUTS OR EVEN CHIPS, BUT PROBABLY NOT CHOCOLATE AS THAT'S A BIT TOO MUCH." So now this new box of nuts is allowing me to do [I]what I was already doing[/I]. 3.x never stated "YOU ARE NEVER ALLOWED TO FUDGE ANYTHING." Rule 0, at it's most basic level, was "It's a freaking [I]game[/I], and you're running it. Your call, chief." Now, if you feel uncomfortable mixing nuts together without explicit approval, then I can see why you'd love the new box, but it's not like the assorted nuts mixer is going to fly down to my house and punch me in the face when his box never stated I could mix his nuts. I don't see the issue with taking liberty with his...you know what? Maybe nuts was the wrong food to use. [/QUOTE]
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