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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goolpsy" data-source="post: 2432613" data-attributes="member: 31769">What is this game - Dungeons and dragons - about?Having Fun of course.. but why are we playing this prehistorical d20 game affected by magic which never existed.. instead of playing  StoryTeller?(d10) or a d100 system...Well... We like the rules in d20.. so thats the way it is.... okWhy are we then playing about magic and greatness back in time.. where people fought eachother with sword and Axe.. instead of gun? Laser gun maybe?Well First of all... we choose it to be back in time.. we wanted to fight dragons with swords.. being the old wise guy everyone trust.. wanting to do magic..Roleplaying is about pretenting to be something of which you are not...You might be dreaming about being able to cast magic, hence you play a Mage or some kind(Sorc, Wiz, Clr)Alot of people that are roleplaying... are well minded geeks.. and alot of them do that have exceptionel intelligence.. with an IQ above 130... So.. really.. their 13 int  char would just be normal.. just like them..and as roleplaying in most cases are being better than you are in some strange ways.. that 13 in int just wont cut it...People wanna be special.. and they are.. only special people do those adventures and survives them. So that skinny geek with ´with the old round glasses, getting beaten up every day at school, might want to imitate his bullier... alot of strenght.. less Intelligence..  just being bigger and better.His friend across the table with execptionel reading skills might want to be EVEN SMARTER, hence he makes a char with an intelligence of 16+ ... Another thing is actually roleplaying the chars.. (which can be a problem sometimes,  smart people act smart even with a int around 5 ingame), but the important thing, is making them feel supperior to others.. THEY are the ones fighting the dragon AND SURVIVING.. they are the ones being able to cast magic... they are the ones being able to trow a truck around with ease.. cause thats what the game is all about.You can change the system in anyway you like.. i'll just remind you.. that changing it.. makes you change all the monsters too amoung other things... to that dragon with 52 strenght.. will have 5 more to damage and to hit (acccording to your first table) than the normal version.. Editing the system this drastically ...  would leave much better off, by creating a new one. But hack, its your  game... im just the geek without the round glasses coming with suggestions</blockquote>

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