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<blockquote data-quote="schnee" data-source="post: 7227183" data-attributes="member: 16728">Huh, this is where I'm confused too, because I've only once saw one of those in person. I only see them frequently in theory crafting in online message boards. Or used as a straw man argument as denigration of moving beyond the old-school standard stereotypes. As far as those bizarre combinations, if you give a system flexible enough for someone to make their character customized with taste and imagination, you create the possibility for that half-Goliath. Also, sure, if you have a bunch of wild and crazy stuff in AL games, so what? It's a game of imagination. Remember, AD&amp;D had modules with robots, original AD&amp;D players brought in Boot Hill gunfighters, and the OD&amp;D world was an absolutely bizarre kitchen sink of weirdness. This drive to make D&amp;D 'Serious' and 'Minimal' is a later development, and I think the game is worse off for it.&nbsp; Yeah, in hindsight, it should.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="schnee, post: 7227183, member: 16728"] Huh, this is where I'm confused too, because I've only once saw one of those in person. I only see them frequently in theory crafting in online message boards. Or used as a straw man argument as denigration of moving beyond the old-school standard stereotypes. As far as those bizarre combinations, if you give a system flexible enough for someone to make their character customized with taste and imagination, you create the possibility for that half-Goliath. Also, sure, if you have a bunch of wild and crazy stuff in AL games, so what? It's a game of imagination. Remember, AD&D had modules with robots, original AD&D players brought in Boot Hill gunfighters, and the OD&D world was an absolutely bizarre kitchen sink of weirdness. This drive to make D&D 'Serious' and 'Minimal' is a later development, and I think the game is worse off for it. Yeah, in hindsight, it should. [/QUOTE]

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