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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 3412605" data-attributes="member: 48965">QFT.  I really wanted to stay out of this conversation, because it kind of strikes home with me, especially the snarky comments and dissmissals of those who posted above.  IMHO those comments resounded with elitism and snobbery.  My cousin has a mild mental handicap(suffered mild braiin damage caused by lack of oxygen to his brain when he was born), but enjoys the game, he roleplays and feels accepted instead of pitied or ostracized by the fact that we let him play. I can get with the whole "maybe you should get a rules-light(er) game comments, but the "if he/she can't add, then he/she can't roleplay" type comments really get under my skin.  My cousin plays off and on in our game(C&C not D&D) and has a great time.  Sometimes I have to explain concepts in simpler terms for him or even add his modifiers for him, but seeing the fun he has(especially since he dealt with teasing and ostracization all his life) is worth it.  I thought that's whatr roleplaying was about comraderie, fun, and socialization.  I use to think gamers we're a really accepting bunch of folks( and most I have gamed with are) but if I was new and read some of the posts above I'd rethink that in a minute. I see people post comments that don't even address what the poster is looking for about how they would never let someone who couldn't add play or how the DM should kick this player to the curb.  All I can say is this, I don't know whether the particular player of the OP's is just mathematically inept or perhaps does suffer from a disorder or handicap...but the generalizations above turn my stomach.</blockquote>

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