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Message: <blockquote data-quote="McTreble" data-source="post: 5929691" data-attributes="member: 76771">There is a certain irony in me posting this in ENWorld forums, but here it goes. I need to stop looking under the hood of D&D. I need to stop asking to see how the magician cuts the woman in half. I need to close my eyes and ears and accept what's out there, and enjoy what I want to play, the way I want to play it, not consider 1,000 forum posts about vancian vs. non-vancian, the power of this new cleric vs. the one from last year, or the accuracy of a spear doing 4d30 damage.  I've been playing this game forever, and  I fondly remember the days when I walked into Waldenbooks (remember those?) and saw a new book. If I had the cash on me, I'd grab it (as long as it didn't say Spelljammer, Al-Quadim, or Dark Sun on the box... sorry DS lovers) and devourer it, letting my imagination play along with my reading, expanding the words into possiblities and images.  And now, with this whole series of threads and tubes we call the interwebs, we can discuss and tear apart every speck of these games. The little man working the controls behind Oz the Great and Terrible just doesn't hold the same awe as that big floaty head. I want to walk away; I really do. This 5e playtest stuff is drawing me in, hoping that reading enough posts will give me perspective.  Anyone else feel this way, or am I just spitting in the wind/ pissing in the ocean?</blockquote>