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<blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 7410760" data-attributes="member: 6879661">@<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=2629" target="_blank">jgsugden</a>. You’re making a lot of assumptions about the way the game is ‘meant to be played’ but these opinions are not universally held.There is an old and established tradition of tailoring adventures to the capabilities and interests of your groups. Doing so isn’t metagaming in the common sense of the word - which is characters acting with knowledge they couldn’t have in game. The DM isn’t a character. They are the architect of the adventure. The DMG is full of advice on the subject. It’s worth a good read before stating what d&amp;d is or isn’t.Stratagey and story are not mutually exclusive. By forcing a choice between ROLEPLAYING game and roleplaying GAME you’re making a distinction we don’t need to make. For many people it’s a Roleplaying Game. As simple as that. I can only assume you don’t realise how patronizing it is to tell someone to go and play a board game because they’re playing D&amp;D wrong... as if D&amp;D was ever about one thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheSword, post: 7410760, member: 6879661"] @[I][B][U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=2629"]jgsugden[/URL][/U][/B][/I]. You’re making a lot of assumptions about the way the game is ‘meant to be played’ but these opinions are not universally held. There is an old and established tradition of tailoring adventures to the capabilities and interests of your groups. Doing so isn’t metagaming in the common sense of the word - which is characters acting with knowledge they couldn’t have in game. The DM isn’t a character. They are the architect of the adventure. The DMG is full of advice on the subject. It’s worth a good read before stating what d&d is or isn’t. Stratagey and story are not mutually exclusive. By forcing a choice between ROLEPLAYING game and roleplaying GAME you’re making a distinction we don’t need to make. For many people it’s a Roleplaying Game. As simple as that. I can only assume you don’t realise how patronizing it is to tell someone to go and play a board game because they’re playing D&D wrong... as if D&D was ever about one thing. [/QUOTE]

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