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[Ari Marmell's blog] To House Rule or Not to House Rule
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<blockquote data-quote="catsclaw227" data-source="post: 5199763" data-attributes="member: 14197"><p>Please, let us all reflect on this for a moment. It is wisdom born from experience.</p><p></p><p>KM, as far as I am concerned, you couldn't be farther from the truth. Why are we all getting stuck on levels of balance that we have (obviously) let slide up and down the scale a t different times of out RPG lives.</p><p></p><p>One thing we all need to remember, is that our individual ideas of what makes a complete (or balanced, if you will) system has changed over the years based upon all the game edition and systems we have tried out. </p><p></p><p>I have fluctuated between loosey-goosey almost rules-less gaming in the 1e-2e eras to strict adherence to RAW in 3e to a hybrid for 4e. </p><p></p><p>Others have had their gaming life/RPG experience go in different directions. </p><p></p><p>Here's the kicker..... We are all right. YES!!!</p><p></p><p>If it works for our group, and our game, then we are all right! How awesome is that???? How many game systems or entertainment experiences can say that despite the ecology of the environment, that multiple experiences of the the same event (a D&D game, T1-Tomb of Horrors, Savage Tide, homebrew games, Gygaxian sandobx) would result in a multitude of RIGHT and CORRECT and VALID experiences?</p><p></p><p>Not many, I presume.</p><p></p><p>God (or the Gods, if you will) loves D&D and its many forms.</p><p></p><p>Yeeeee Haaaawwww to that!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catsclaw227, post: 5199763, member: 14197"] Please, let us all reflect on this for a moment. It is wisdom born from experience. KM, as far as I am concerned, you couldn't be farther from the truth. Why are we all getting stuck on levels of balance that we have (obviously) let slide up and down the scale a t different times of out RPG lives. One thing we all need to remember, is that our individual ideas of what makes a complete (or balanced, if you will) system has changed over the years based upon all the game edition and systems we have tried out. I have fluctuated between loosey-goosey almost rules-less gaming in the 1e-2e eras to strict adherence to RAW in 3e to a hybrid for 4e. Others have had their gaming life/RPG experience go in different directions. Here's the kicker..... We are all right. YES!!! If it works for our group, and our game, then we are all right! How awesome is that???? How many game systems or entertainment experiences can say that despite the ecology of the environment, that multiple experiences of the the same event (a D&D game, T1-Tomb of Horrors, Savage Tide, homebrew games, Gygaxian sandobx) would result in a multitude of RIGHT and CORRECT and VALID experiences? Not many, I presume. God (or the Gods, if you will) loves D&D and its many forms. Yeeeee Haaaawwww to that! [/QUOTE]
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