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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 7208987" data-attributes="member: 15700">Serious irony warning...YOU were the one to make the claim that I was the only one who said it was fine.  That's objectively false, because we can point to other people saying the same thing.  YOU are the one to ignore many posts in this thread that didn't say what you wanted them to say by your claim that there were only two responses (there weren't).  I never said the game was perfect, or that no one said high level was fine as long as you make modifications.  There is nothing wrong with my reading comprehension.  Afraid that's you.  In fact, you contradicted yourself in that post, by saying there were only two answers (either it's broken, or it's doable but needs modification), but then immediately followed that by saying people were giving you a third (the game is perfect so move on).  You can't have it both ways.  You can't say there were only two answers and then accuse people of saying a third in the same breath.  Especially when that third never actually happened, but there were in fact other "answers" that you pointedly ignored.Some advice.  If you have to resort to a personal attack on me that is not true at all (I have no scars), then it's a huge sign that your argument is weak.  In this case, you made a strawman immediately followed by an ad hominem.  Strawman: Me saying "anybody who was trying to play the game following the rules as written was a "bad DM".  I never said that, or remotely implied that.  What I did say, was that if RAW doesn't fit what you want as a group, you are a lazy DM for not putting in the time or effort to tailor the game to your table's needs.  And that is very much true.  The game, right out of the box, is hardly ever exactly what people want for their preference.  It certainly isn't for me.  But it's the DM's job to know their group and use the tools provided to tailor the game to those preferences.  It's been that way since day 1.  I get the impression that you don't think of the rules as a toolbox, which is what they are.  Everyone modifies parts of the game to fit their needs, or they decide it's too much work and play a game they like better.Ad Hominem: Accusing me of having edition war scars that have nothing to do with the topic. I'm not "lashing out" at anybody.  But if you're going to make outright false claims, prepare to be called out on them.</blockquote>

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