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<blockquote data-quote="Pssthpok" data-source="post: 5342462" data-attributes="member: 34725">Well, Canor Morum, you can say whatever comes to your mind, but allow me to retort:Sure, 4E is fine as is, but you've completely missed the point. The thrust of the thread is what you'd like to see/do in a 5th Edition, not whether or not there is any call for it.As for your glob of text saying little more than &quot;Rule zero, bro&quot;, I say this: if I wanted a game where I made up all the rules, I wouldn't spend money on someone else's game. The reason (I'm just guessing here) half of us pay into 4E or 3E or whatever is to be a part of the legacy of D&amp;D and to y'know... not have to write an entire RPG on their own, a feat of which many of us are not capable. The fact is, a lot of people on these forums have been playing D&amp;D for a long time, and there are a lot of &quot;lost&quot; rules that are missed these days, and a good many perspectives that see the current vision of D&amp;D as unfit for its hitherto esoteric nature. Yes, I just used &quot;hitherto&quot; in a sentence.&nbsp;&nbsp; Finally, your reference to &quot;bankrupting WotC&quot; falls pretty flat, since every edition release has been met with mixed responses, many of which proclaim imminent bankruptcy. Just suppose.... say a game very much like the idea of what I posted were released in a few years as &quot;5th Edition&quot;. That game would sell on little more than the legacy brand name of &quot;D&amp;D&quot; itself. Then, like every edition, it would be scrutinized to death until all the flaws were revealed and people were clamoring for a 6th Edition, at which point I could only hope that you would leap to the sardonic defense of my 5th Edition as quickly as you've done here, though hopefully not in the midst of a casual and tangental conversation about what people would like to see if they had their druthers....yes, I just used &quot;druthers&quot;, too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pssthpok, post: 5342462, member: 34725"] Well, Canor Morum, you can say whatever comes to your mind, but allow me to retort: Sure, 4E is fine as is, but you've completely missed the point. The thrust of the thread is what you'd like to see/do in a 5th Edition, not whether or not there is any call for it. As for your glob of text saying little more than "Rule zero, bro", I say this: if I wanted a game where I made up all the rules, I wouldn't spend money on someone else's game. The reason (I'm just guessing here) half of us pay into 4E or 3E or whatever is to be a part of the legacy of D&D and to y'know... not have to write an entire RPG on their own, a feat of which many of us are not capable. The fact is, a lot of people on these forums have been playing D&D for a long time, and there are a lot of "lost" rules that are missed these days, and a good many perspectives that see the current vision of D&D as unfit for its hitherto esoteric nature. Yes, I just used "hitherto" in a sentence. Finally, your reference to "bankrupting WotC" falls pretty flat, since every edition release has been met with mixed responses, many of which proclaim imminent bankruptcy. Just suppose.... say a game very much like the idea of what I posted were released in a few years as "5th Edition". That game would sell on little more than the legacy brand name of "D&D" itself. Then, like every edition, it would be scrutinized to death until all the flaws were revealed and people were clamoring for a 6th Edition, at which point I could only hope that you would leap to the sardonic defense of my 5th Edition as quickly as you've done here, though hopefully not in the midst of a casual and tangental conversation about what people would like to see if they had their druthers. ...yes, I just used "druthers", too. [/QUOTE]

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