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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GameHermit" data-source="post: 5671134" data-attributes="member: 6667320">LOL...ok, the guy does make some pretty good points....if you're a complete rules lawyer. I actually struggled with a lot of the same issues until I stopped one day and realized how silly I was being. The truth is...it's a great game for hanging out with your friends...a break from reality if you will.  Who really cares if it doesn't make perfect sense.There are systems with much better mechanics out there...like Savage Worlds for example, which is in my opinion a fantastic system. It's cheap, simple to pick up on and still has a lot of depth. But I really just like hanging out with my friends regardless of the system we play.As far as role playing is concerned.... He's completely off base with that. It is ENTIRELY up to the group as a whole to encourage good role play. Heck, I've even run Wednesday night Encounter sessions where the players really got into character and role played very well. When someone wanted to do something cool, not covered in the rules, I just came up with a rough success check and went with it.To be completely honest...I'm not a big fan of WotC. I kind of feel like they have done to the gaming community what commercialism has done to Christmas. That being said, however, it's all a mindset. Once I got over pouting and pointing a finger at WotC and just concentrated on have a fun night out with my friends, everything fell into place.I'm super excited about Zeitgeist, simply because it sounds cool...I really don't give a goblin's armpit if we play it in PF or in 4th Ed... My group is going to have a blast with it!Bottom line...If you're tweaked enough about the reality represented by or the mechanics of a game to create videos like that then I would suggest looking for something else to do.LOL...maybe Mr. Miyagi can help the guy out <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />GameHermitPS...I do want to go on record to say that E. Gary Gygax is my hero...and his creation made for some of the best memories I have from childhood. Good system...bad system...who cares? It created good times <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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