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<blockquote data-quote="Doug McCrae" data-source="post: 5289126" data-attributes="member: 21169">Sure, yes. Gary thought of the D&amp;D rules as suggestions, to be modified, subtracted from, added to, at each table to suit taste. Though that's more true of OD&amp;D than AD&amp;D, which was intended, to some extent, to reduce deviations from the 'D&amp;D norm', such as Monty Haul-ism.But otoh there was always this strand in D&amp;D of people who wanted definitive official rules, who didn't want to houserule at all. Sage Advice. 'Official Rules for your D&amp;D game'. The 'Skip Williams' tendency.I've been rpging for just under thirty years, with hundreds of different people. Imx houseruling is rare. The gamers I know don't like to do it. And when they try, they are quite bad at it. They're not gearheads, they're *much* better at fluff than crunch. It's only in the last few years that I've been starting to houserule in any kind of major way, and I don't really enjoy it. I myself am also better at fluff.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Doug McCrae, post: 5289126, member: 21169"] Sure, yes. Gary thought of the D&D rules as suggestions, to be modified, subtracted from, added to, at each table to suit taste. Though that's more true of OD&D than AD&D, which was intended, to some extent, to reduce deviations from the 'D&D norm', such as Monty Haul-ism. But otoh there was always this strand in D&D of people who wanted definitive official rules, who didn't want to houserule at all. Sage Advice. 'Official Rules for your D&D game'. The 'Skip Williams' tendency. I've been rpging for just under thirty years, with hundreds of different people. Imx houseruling is rare. The gamers I know don't like to do it. And when they try, they are quite bad at it. They're not gearheads, they're *much* better at fluff than crunch. It's only in the last few years that I've been starting to houserule in any kind of major way, and I don't really enjoy it. I myself am also better at fluff. [/QUOTE]

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