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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6089701" data-attributes="member: 7006">Uh uh... the imperative word here is 'stuck'.New players don't know yet that some experienced players think playing a class that heals is a negative.&nbsp; They've never played.&nbsp; Being a healer is not a positive OR a negative yet.If they are playing a cleric in a Basic game, can they heal?&nbsp; Yup.&nbsp; Is that a problem?&nbsp; Not yet.&nbsp; They'll select spells as they like... maybe some heals, maybe all heals, maybe no heals.&nbsp; And until AN EXPERIENCED PLAYER tells the newbie that he should stock up on healing spells because it's his &quot;job&quot; to do so... the newbie and the other players will play the game none the wiser in whatever fashion they did.But if that EXPERIENCED PLAYER is at the table with the newbie... and the EXPERIENCED PLAYER feels there should be more healing available in the game... they why isn't the experienced player recommending they add a Standard rule into their game?&nbsp; If he is choosing not to... and then FORCING the newbie playing the cleric to play the class as the experience player feels he should......then that experienced player is a dick.&nbsp; And we can't hold Mike and company responsible for expanding the Basic rules in such a way as to protect the newbie FROM THAT DICK PLAYER.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6089701, member: 7006"] Uh uh... the imperative word here is [I]'stuck'[/I]. New players don't know yet that some experienced players think playing a class that heals is a negative. They've never played. Being a healer is not a positive OR a negative yet. If they are playing a cleric in a Basic game, can they heal? Yup. Is that a problem? Not yet. They'll select spells as they like... maybe some heals, maybe all heals, maybe no heals. And until AN EXPERIENCED PLAYER tells the newbie that he should stock up on healing spells because it's his "job" to do so... the newbie and the other players will play the game none the wiser in whatever fashion they did. But if that EXPERIENCED PLAYER is at the table with the newbie... and the EXPERIENCED PLAYER feels there should be more healing available in the game... they why isn't the experienced player recommending they add a Standard rule into their game? If he is choosing not to... and then FORCING the newbie playing the cleric to play the class as the experience player feels he should... ...then that experienced player is a dick. And we can't hold Mike and company responsible for expanding the Basic rules in such a way as to protect the newbie FROM THAT DICK PLAYER. [/QUOTE]

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