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<blockquote data-quote="Obryn" data-source="post: 7171565" data-attributes="member: 11821"><p>I have to wonder every time I see someone say something like this. I'm 42, started gaming in '82 with the Moldvay Basic set, incorporated AD&D stuff in that weirdly quintessential early 80's mishmash it sounds like most people did, never even touched an MMO, and am just <em>seriously happy</em> that the hobby as a whole has improved and evolved from there. (My 2 favorite D&Ds? 4e and BECMI/RC basically in that order, with AD&D 1e a close third.)</p><p></p><p>As for the OP's question - No, and good riddance.</p><p></p><p>The game's mechanics aren't there to model everything in the universe. That way lies madness and really overwrought rule-sets. It's there to model the kinds of adventures that dungeon-crawling, dragon-slaying heroes are going to have. It's about the PCs and their adventures.</p><p></p><p>So it bothers me not at all if Greg the Halfling Barbarian can bench press an ox, or if Shelly is a rad princess who can arm-wrestle ogres. Because every fantastic thing in the game means that you have pushed your suspension of disbelief at least that far back, and if "women can be strong" is less acceptable than "elves exist," that's a line that you've chosen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Obryn, post: 7171565, member: 11821"] I have to wonder every time I see someone say something like this. I'm 42, started gaming in '82 with the Moldvay Basic set, incorporated AD&D stuff in that weirdly quintessential early 80's mishmash it sounds like most people did, never even touched an MMO, and am just [I]seriously happy[/I] that the hobby as a whole has improved and evolved from there. (My 2 favorite D&Ds? 4e and BECMI/RC basically in that order, with AD&D 1e a close third.) As for the OP's question - No, and good riddance. The game's mechanics aren't there to model everything in the universe. That way lies madness and really overwrought rule-sets. It's there to model the kinds of adventures that dungeon-crawling, dragon-slaying heroes are going to have. It's about the PCs and their adventures. So it bothers me not at all if Greg the Halfling Barbarian can bench press an ox, or if Shelly is a rad princess who can arm-wrestle ogres. Because every fantastic thing in the game means that you have pushed your suspension of disbelief at least that far back, and if "women can be strong" is less acceptable than "elves exist," that's a line that you've chosen. [/QUOTE]
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