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<blockquote data-quote="dpetroc" data-source="post: 3740153" data-attributes="member: 18457">You are so very right (I say with great bitterness).If I wanted to play an MMORPG, I'd play one - I think trying to emulate the online experience through tabletop (or a hybrid tabletop/online environment - the virtual table) is a huge step in the wrong direction.&nbsp; Frankly, a lot of the players who have come to my table with their first experience being online rpgs are lousy gamers.&nbsp; So busy trying to level that they can't remember any part of the plot. They go encounter to encounter. Many people who say they won't convert will give in to the shiny new covers either instantly or six months to a year down the road.&nbsp; For many of us, rpg books are like potato chips, you can't stop at one.&nbsp; Ooh! Conan 2e with only minor changes? Sure sign me up! A new splat book I don't need with a hundred bizaare feats and obscure prestige classes? I'll take two!&nbsp; I figure I skipped out entirely on 2e, so I guess I'll just wait until 5e to reinvest. By then all of my WotC books should have composted.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dpetroc, post: 3740153, member: 18457"] You are so very right (I say with great bitterness). If I wanted to play an MMORPG, I'd play one - I think trying to emulate the online experience through tabletop (or a hybrid tabletop/online environment - the virtual table) is a huge step in the wrong direction. Frankly, a lot of the players who have come to my table with their first experience being online rpgs are lousy gamers. So busy trying to level that they can't remember any part of the plot. They go encounter to encounter. Many people who say they won't convert will give in to the shiny new covers either instantly or six months to a year down the road. For many of us, rpg books are like potato chips, you can't stop at one. Ooh! Conan 2e with only minor changes? Sure sign me up! A new splat book I don't need with a hundred bizaare feats and obscure prestige classes? I'll take two! I figure I skipped out entirely on 2e, so I guess I'll just wait until 5e to reinvest. By then all of my WotC books should have composted. [/QUOTE]

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