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Message: <blockquote data-quote="No Name" data-source="post: 4407393" data-attributes="member: 31462">I think because 4e is more straight forward (ie. less complicated) in character creation and play. I do not intend that statement to be an insult to the SO's or anyone's intelligence. I'm talking about having to learn a lot of "stuff" in order to play a game which may or may not be fun. I'm guilty of that. Having to invest a lot of my time to learn something that I may not get much use out of or enjoy is irritating at best. I don't want to toe the line of edition wars either. There seems to be a trend across the editions, not "dumbing down" but refinement. I've noticed a similar trend in computer software over the past 15 years. It pleases me to see the stuff I like become more accessible to others who aren't as devoted to it as I am. BTW, I don't think gender has as much to do with interests as people tend to believe. IMO, it has more to do with what gets reinforced. I could talk more about some really interesting psychological experiments, but I think I'll save that for another post. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> She actually went with a dwarven ranger. Once I explained that dwarves like rocks, stone, mining picks, and hammers, and that she has a geology degree, the connection was made. I guess it's a good thing that hirsute dwarven women are a thing of the past.</blockquote>

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