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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 286097" data-attributes="member: 307">No, Gygax was a poor writer. The hallmark of a poor writer is someone who uses the word "utilize" instead of "use". The hallmark of a poor writer is someone who uses ten words where five will do. The hallmark of a poor writer is someone who uses an obscure term that means the same thing as a commonly known term when he just could have used the commonly known term.Gygax is the sort of writer who "utilizes" ten obscure words instead of five recognizable words.Traveller was not more complicated to learn.Or, they attempted to actually write the books well, as opposed to writing them verbosely with as many arcane references as possible.You see, this sort of stupid comment is what makes people react badly to your poorly thought out posts. First off, superior clarity in writing is not "dumbing down" a book. The dumb version of a book is the one that contains poor writing. The smart version is the one that doesn't. 3e avoids the obscurity and long-windedness of Gygax's style, while packing in significantly more information in between it's covers. That is a smartned up version of a game, not a dumbed down version.</blockquote>