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<blockquote data-quote="am181d" data-source="post: 277039" data-attributes="member: 3576">Well, D&amp;D is an RPG.&nbsp; More specifically, the first RPG.&nbsp; You shouldn't be surprised that some people play it more for the role-playing than the game.&nbsp; Heck, the Sim games were first explained to me as &quot;an RPG where you play God&quot;.&nbsp; I've heard that in Everquest, they've added a lot of skills with no combat relevance, because girls like them.&nbsp; Skills like &quot;hairdresser&quot;, as I recall.&nbsp; And those skills are used to make money in the game and let players spend their time working at a business rather than killing orcs.&nbsp; (Or whatever they kill in Everquest.)As people in this thread have mentioned, there's a long tradition of detailing taverns, extending back to first edition (and I assume before).&nbsp; There's certainly nothing wrong with this approach to the game.And while I suspect you were merely stating your personal preference, it sort of came across like you were dictating how people &quot;should&quot; play D&amp;D.&nbsp; Please take this as a general rant on why there is no one way to play D&amp;D, and not anything personal against you.(For the record, I would spend five minutes estimating and be done with it.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="am181d, post: 277039, member: 3576"] Well, D&D is an RPG. More specifically, the first RPG. You shouldn't be surprised that some people play it more for the role-playing than the game. Heck, the Sim games were first explained to me as "an RPG where you play God". I've heard that in Everquest, they've added a lot of skills with no combat relevance, because girls like them. Skills like "hairdresser", as I recall. And those skills are used to make money in the game and let players spend their time working at a business rather than killing orcs. (Or whatever they kill in Everquest.) As people in this thread have mentioned, there's a long tradition of detailing taverns, extending back to first edition (and I assume before). There's certainly nothing wrong with this approach to the game. And while I suspect you were merely stating your personal preference, it sort of came across like you were dictating how people "should" play D&D. Please take this as a general rant on why there is no one way to play D&D, and not anything personal against you. (For the record, I would spend five minutes estimating and be done with it.) [/QUOTE]

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