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<blockquote data-quote="MoogleEmpMog" data-source="post: 2429852" data-attributes="member: 22882">This makes sense!&nbsp; I mean, just look at the evidence!1. Dancey doesn't work for Wizards of the Coast anymore, and Mearls didn't until very recently.&nbsp; Thus, the former at least has nothing to gain financially from his statements and the latter has hardly been shy about endorsing a certain rules level before his present employ.2. Dancey's study was conducted before the release of 3e, not recently, and guided the course of D&amp;D as WotC's product rather than being in response to it.&nbsp; Thus, WotC could have shaped D&amp;D into whatever form it liked, and said study drove many of its developments.3. Mearls posted Dancey's comments on his blog as part of a discussion on game design.&nbsp; It was simply picked up on here.Nonetheless, I'm sure the only possible explanation for results that don't conform to your anecdotal evidence (which probably comes from an entirely different edition) is the fell grasp of some cyclopean corporate titan.&nbsp;:\ I think I'll hang on to my grain of salt.&nbsp; Or, rather, apply it elsewhere.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MoogleEmpMog, post: 2429852, member: 22882"] This makes sense! I mean, just look at the evidence! 1. Dancey doesn't work for Wizards of the Coast anymore, and Mearls didn't until very recently. Thus, the former at least has nothing to gain financially from his statements and the latter has hardly been shy about endorsing a certain rules level before his present employ. 2. Dancey's study was conducted before the release of 3e, not recently, and guided the course of D&D as WotC's product rather than being in response to it. Thus, WotC could have shaped D&D into whatever form it liked, and said study drove many of its developments. 3. Mearls posted Dancey's comments on his blog as part of a discussion on game design. It was simply picked up on here. Nonetheless, I'm sure the only possible explanation for results that don't conform to your anecdotal evidence (which probably comes from an entirely different edition) is the fell grasp of some cyclopean corporate titan. :\ I think I'll hang on to my grain of salt. Or, rather, apply it elsewhere. [/QUOTE]

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