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<blockquote data-quote="rogueattorney" data-source="post: 2140486" data-attributes="member: 17551">I'm a splitter, not a lumper.&nbsp; Splitters focus on differences.&nbsp; Lumpers focus on similarities.&nbsp; Maybe it has to do with my profession.&nbsp; I can't file a lawsuit in Missouri the same way I'd file a lawsuit in Illinois, thinking to myself, &quot;It's basically the same thing.&quot;&nbsp; While it is, in fact, basically the same thing.&nbsp; I have to look at the differences to make sure I'm doing things correctly and my lawsuit doesn't get tossed for any of a number of little procedural things.&nbsp; My love of rules fueled by desire to be an attorney, and me being an attorney fuels my obsession with rules.Anyway, the point is, that I think many of the fundametal disagreements in this thread come down to individual psychology far more than to anything else.&nbsp; Certain people will see a blue and a red flower and say they're both flowers - others will say one's a blue flower and the other is a red flower.&nbsp; They're both right.I think it was Rayburr, who earlier in this thread stated that D&amp;D is more of a style of play or a genre than a specific rule set.&nbsp; As much as I'd like to disagree with him, as much as it wouldn't be true in my own perfect little rpg world, I think he's correct given the degree to which people agree with him.&nbsp; For the vast majority of rpg'ers out there &quot;D&amp;D&quot; is, in fact, a style of play pretty much independant of any rule set.&nbsp; The simple fact that the rules have changed so freakin' much from 1974 to 2005 with a great deal of people following right along proves this.&nbsp; It seems that for every person who get lost on the way with a new edition, another person comes aboard, saying &quot;This is D&amp;D, the way I always wanted it.&quot;R.A.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rogueattorney, post: 2140486, member: 17551"] I'm a splitter, not a lumper. Splitters focus on differences. Lumpers focus on similarities. Maybe it has to do with my profession. I can't file a lawsuit in Missouri the same way I'd file a lawsuit in Illinois, thinking to myself, "It's basically the same thing." While it is, in fact, basically the same thing. I have to look at the differences to make sure I'm doing things correctly and my lawsuit doesn't get tossed for any of a number of little procedural things. My love of rules fueled by desire to be an attorney, and me being an attorney fuels my obsession with rules. Anyway, the point is, that I think many of the fundametal disagreements in this thread come down to individual psychology far more than to anything else. Certain people will see a blue and a red flower and say they're both flowers - others will say one's a blue flower and the other is a red flower. They're both right. I think it was Rayburr, who earlier in this thread stated that D&D is more of a style of play or a genre than a specific rule set. As much as I'd like to disagree with him, as much as it wouldn't be true in my own perfect little rpg world, I think he's correct given the degree to which people agree with him. For the vast majority of rpg'ers out there "D&D" is, in fact, a style of play pretty much independant of any rule set. The simple fact that the rules have changed so freakin' much from 1974 to 2005 with a great deal of people following right along proves this. It seems that for every person who get lost on the way with a new edition, another person comes aboard, saying "This is D&D, the way I always wanted it." R.A. [/QUOTE]

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