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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 7015506" data-source="post: 7817777">[USER=6801219]@Lanliss[/USER]Before I state my final word on that matter:Except for some &quot;obscure&quot; circles like the OSR, there was a nowadays forgotten but to the hobby essential art called &quot;house-ruling&quot; (or does anybody nowadays believe, that the ranger was the brainchild of GG?). And one of the two (probably more - so please don´t quote me on that) &quot;Great Ancient Ones of the Misused Dinner Table&quot; once said (taken from memory): &quot;This is your game. Change it as you see fit, nothing is chiseled in stone.&quot; Housruling did and will drive the hobby forward (at least IMHO).If you think if it´s worth the time, effort and money go ahead and do it. Nobody except for yourself keeps you away from writing and publishing a RPG or other game. There are tons of books, web-sites and blogs out on the net, that can get you to where you want to be or at least be of great help. The only hindrance is embedded in yourself.So you ask, what if it doesn´t result in what you envision? Make clear to yourself what you want to have in the end, work out a plan on how to get there and follow it as best as you could. A game designer is in everyone of us, but few admit it and follow that road ahead of them. Get as much help from all kinds of directions and do it. And if it still doesn´t work out you ask? My answer is, tht try and error are part of life and one &quot;bad&quot; attempt is not the end of the world. So my advice: Simply start writing down your ideas, test them and rework the beast until you feel satisfied with it. Then start worrying about things like lay-out, editing, art, marketing etc. etc. And unless you haven´t tried, you´ll never know if your vision comes true.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Deleted member 7015506, post: 7817777"] [USER=6801219]@Lanliss[/USER] Before I state my final word on that matter: Except for some "obscure" circles like the OSR, there was a nowadays forgotten but to the hobby essential art called "house-ruling" (or does anybody nowadays believe, that the ranger was the brainchild of GG?). And one of the two (probably more - so please don´t quote me on that) "Great Ancient Ones of the Misused Dinner Table" once said (taken from memory): "This is your game. Change it as you see fit, nothing is chiseled in stone." Housruling did and will drive the hobby forward (at least IMHO). If you think if it´s worth the time, effort and money go ahead and do it. Nobody except for yourself keeps you away from writing and publishing a RPG or other game. There are tons of books, web-sites and blogs out on the net, that can get you to where you want to be or at least be of great help. The only hindrance is embedded in yourself. So you ask, what if it doesn´t result in what you envision? Make clear to yourself what you want to have in the end, work out a plan on how to get there and follow it as best as you could. A game designer is in everyone of us, but few admit it and follow that road ahead of them. Get as much help from all kinds of directions and do it. And if it still doesn´t work out you ask? My answer is, tht try and error are part of life and one "bad" attempt is not the end of the world. So my advice: Simply start writing down your ideas, test them and rework the beast until you feel satisfied with it. Then start worrying about things like lay-out, editing, art, marketing etc. etc. And unless you haven´t tried, you´ll never know if your vision comes true. [/QUOTE]

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