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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 5917353" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>The thing that's always struck me as odd... and I freely admit it must just be something in my own creative make-up that this have never bothered me once... is the idea of long-time D&D players finding the lack of ecology in the 4E Monster Manual to be a problem and a mistake.</p><p></p><p>Obviously it is... because I'm always reading folks talk about how it has rendered the MMs dry and boring and uninspiring... but I always end up just sitting here genuinely unable to grasp or empathize with that feeling. It's weird. I feel like I'm missing something obvious. Because my thought on the matter has always been "I've read ecologies for all these monsters in every single prior edition of the game and pretty much know them by rote... so why do I need it it all reprinted again in the new edition book?" I genuinely just can't feel the loss. To me... monster ecologies fall into the same category as the "How to DM" section of the DMG... something that's probably good to have... but as a long-time player, not something that I have a genuine need to ever really see again, because I just flash back to all the previous times I've read them.</p><p></p><p>Let me reiterate... I am <em>in no way</em> saying that other long-time players are wrong in wanting monster ecologies. I think they definitely have a place in the books, especially good for newer players. It's instead just me being honest by saying that I find it extremely weird that I am <em>so different</em> in my emotional connection to that stuff that I cannot help but look and just admit that I don't feel it and just don't get it. And it makes me feel like I'm lacking something in that I <em>should</em> feel the loss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 5917353, member: 7006"] The thing that's always struck me as odd... and I freely admit it must just be something in my own creative make-up that this have never bothered me once... is the idea of long-time D&D players finding the lack of ecology in the 4E Monster Manual to be a problem and a mistake. Obviously it is... because I'm always reading folks talk about how it has rendered the MMs dry and boring and uninspiring... but I always end up just sitting here genuinely unable to grasp or empathize with that feeling. It's weird. I feel like I'm missing something obvious. Because my thought on the matter has always been "I've read ecologies for all these monsters in every single prior edition of the game and pretty much know them by rote... so why do I need it it all reprinted again in the new edition book?" I genuinely just can't feel the loss. To me... monster ecologies fall into the same category as the "How to DM" section of the DMG... something that's probably good to have... but as a long-time player, not something that I have a genuine need to ever really see again, because I just flash back to all the previous times I've read them. Let me reiterate... I am [I]in no way[/I] saying that other long-time players are wrong in wanting monster ecologies. I think they definitely have a place in the books, especially good for newer players. It's instead just me being honest by saying that I find it extremely weird that I am [I]so different[/I] in my emotional connection to that stuff that I cannot help but look and just admit that I don't feel it and just don't get it. And it makes me feel like I'm lacking something in that I [I]should[/I] feel the loss. [/QUOTE]
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