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<blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 6610037" data-attributes="member: 59506">Nope, still not wrong.&nbsp; My model doesn't fit your perception of the mechanics.&nbsp; It fits mine perfectly...or at least as perfectly as any mechanics can model anything and still be usable for play.There is almost nothing black &amp; white about RPG's, and especially this version of D&amp;D, unless one wants them to be black &amp; white for themselves.&nbsp; The mechanics...the RAW...has been left as light and vague as it is on purpose; intentionally written in a manner to be open to interpretation.&nbsp; This makes it your game and my game; a million flavors of D&amp;D in one ruleset.*There is no right and wrong in this edition.I gave a view as to how it's not as meta as some people have said, or at least not any more meta than any other mechanic.&nbsp; I think I effectively made that case.&nbsp; Now I have a final essay to go finish.&nbsp; I'm finding that college is both easier and harder at 47.&nbsp; I have more to experience to call upon, but it takes me far longer than others to accomplish the same work.&nbsp; But today and tomorrow, and then I get a break.&nbsp; I'm only taking one online class over the summer instead of a full course load.&nbsp; My brain needs a rest...Cheers.*(The argument could be and has been made that there was no right and wrong in any edition of D&amp;D, but this is the first time it's been explicitly stated to this degree and designed with this in mind.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="El Mahdi, post: 6610037, member: 59506"] Nope, still not wrong. My model doesn't fit [I]your[/I] perception of the mechanics. It fits mine perfectly...or at least as perfectly as any mechanics can model anything and still be usable for play. There is almost nothing black & white about RPG's, and especially this version of D&D, unless one [I]wants[/I] them to be black & white for themselves. The mechanics...the RAW...has been left as light and vague as it is on purpose; intentionally written in a manner to be open to interpretation. This makes it your game [I]and[/I] my game; a million flavors of D&D in one ruleset. *There is no right and wrong in this edition. I gave a view as to how it's not as meta as some people have said, or at least not any more meta than any other mechanic. I think I effectively made that case. Now I have a final essay to go finish. I'm finding that college is both easier and harder at 47. I have more to experience to call upon, but it takes me far longer than others to accomplish the same work. But today and tomorrow, and then I get a break. I'm only taking one online class over the summer instead of a full course load. My brain needs a rest... Cheers. *(The argument could be and has been made that there was no right and wrong in [I]any[/I] edition of D&D, but this is the first time it's been explicitly stated to this degree and designed with this in mind.) [/QUOTE]

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