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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6265510" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>It really comes down to this:</p><p></p><p>If you want to play a game... you'll play the game.</p><p></p><p>That might mean there will be some individual parts you might not like the rules for, or parts of the game won't emphasize what you prefer to use the game for. But if you want to play the game, you'll do the same thing every other D&D player has done since the game first came into being... you'll adapt or change some rules to make them yours. You'll make of the game what you want. Because wanting to play the game on the whole supercedes any niggling individual rules or problems you might have with bits and pieces of it.</p><p></p><p>But at any point if you honestly believe you'd rather not play the game than change the rules you don't like... then the fact really is... you just don't want to play the game.</p><p></p><p>And there's nothing wrong with that. Don't play it. There's no shame in that. There's no problem with that. And no one else cares if you do... and no one else cares if you don't.</p><p></p><p>Accept the idea that there's already a game out there that will in fact give you all that you want with no adaptation or changes on your part, and be happy with it. But to continually bang your head against a wall wanting, hoping, and demanding that this new version of D&D will become this game that you want to play straight out of the box is a waste of your time and energy. It's never going to be that way. </p><p></p><p>The game will either give you things that make you want to play it (and make you excited enough that you're willing to overlook or change any small bits you'd rather not use)... or it won't. And so be it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6265510, member: 7006"] It really comes down to this: If you want to play a game... you'll play the game. That might mean there will be some individual parts you might not like the rules for, or parts of the game won't emphasize what you prefer to use the game for. But if you want to play the game, you'll do the same thing every other D&D player has done since the game first came into being... you'll adapt or change some rules to make them yours. You'll make of the game what you want. Because wanting to play the game on the whole supercedes any niggling individual rules or problems you might have with bits and pieces of it. But at any point if you honestly believe you'd rather not play the game than change the rules you don't like... then the fact really is... you just don't want to play the game. And there's nothing wrong with that. Don't play it. There's no shame in that. There's no problem with that. And no one else cares if you do... and no one else cares if you don't. Accept the idea that there's already a game out there that will in fact give you all that you want with no adaptation or changes on your part, and be happy with it. But to continually bang your head against a wall wanting, hoping, and demanding that this new version of D&D will become this game that you want to play straight out of the box is a waste of your time and energy. It's never going to be that way. The game will either give you things that make you want to play it (and make you excited enough that you're willing to overlook or change any small bits you'd rather not use)... or it won't. And so be it. [/QUOTE]
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