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<blockquote data-quote="Paraxis" data-source="post: 6807878" data-attributes="member: 13009">Depends on the system, I use to be a very story first type of guy during 3e days, but Pathfinder and 4e taught me to respect the RAW, and I have taken that into 5e.Fun first, which for me is rules being a close second, then story and all that BS.So back in the 80's we played 1e and didn't understand/read/use a majority of the rules and had a blast because we were kids, 90's were more about White Wolf and heavy focus on story but still min/maxed the crap out of the dot system, then came 3e and a return to D&amp;D tried to recapture the old don't care about the rules but with forums, optimization builds, and such the dawn of RAW is KING was born and it has slowely gained momentum over time.l loved 4e except, well it was a bit too much mini tactics game but only a smidge, loved 4e essentials for trying to fix that a bit, 5e is great because it brings back what 4e was missing but the baby got thrown out with the bath water and I want a return to more codified rules when they do 6e. Yes the signature quote on my profile here is from back in the 3e days when I was fighting against the RAW, but now I have embraced it, and when I get into rules discussions the irony of it seems to infuriate some which brings a smile to my face, as does remembering when I was the DM that did think that way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paraxis, post: 6807878, member: 13009"] Depends on the system, I use to be a very story first type of guy during 3e days, but Pathfinder and 4e taught me to respect the RAW, and I have taken that into 5e. Fun first, which for me is rules being a close second, then story and all that BS. So back in the 80's we played 1e and didn't understand/read/use a majority of the rules and had a blast because we were kids, 90's were more about White Wolf and heavy focus on story but still min/maxed the crap out of the dot system, then came 3e and a return to D&D tried to recapture the old don't care about the rules but with forums, optimization builds, and such the dawn of RAW is KING was born and it has slowely gained momentum over time. l loved 4e except, well it was a bit too much mini tactics game but only a smidge, loved 4e essentials for trying to fix that a bit, 5e is great because it brings back what 4e was missing but the baby got thrown out with the bath water and I want a return to more codified rules when they do 6e. Yes the signature quote on my profile here is from back in the 3e days when I was fighting against the RAW, but now I have embraced it, and when I get into rules discussions the irony of it seems to infuriate some which brings a smile to my face, as does remembering when I was the DM that did think that way. [/QUOTE]

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