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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gothmog" data-source="post: 4348443" data-attributes="member: 317">This.  I agree with the vampire rodent 100%.Ari, I really hope you write a metric crapload of adventures and sourcebooks for 4e.  I've enjoyed your work before, and you really seem to be enthusiastic about 4e, which always shows up in your writing and ideas.Anyway, I've always enjoyed immersion in the game AND dice rolling/combat, as long as the immersion isn't just for the sake of wooing the inkeep's comely daughter to bed (two guys acting that out in detail is creepy), or the combats aren't just a series of encounters to kill things and loot them.  I'll admit I can handle the "soap opera" bits more than mindless combats/dungeon delves/looting, because occasionally an interesting idea or plot hook comes up during the RP heavy moments, but on the whole both are boring and pointless in their own ways.  Give me a reason to care about the theological implications of a religious schism and its implications for the campaign world, and I'm loving it and not caring if I don't roll a die for 6 hours of gametime.  Speaking in character and using knowledge and terminology my character would use is a lot of fun.  Alternately, give me adrenaline-soaked battles where something of import hinges on the outcome (either for personal reasons for my character, or for the campaign setting), and I'll happily engage in a bloodbath.</blockquote>