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<blockquote data-quote="Dragonblade" data-source="post: 4048197" data-attributes="member: 2804"><p>Clearly nuance is hard to convey in a messageboard post. My bad. I said I wasn't running 3.5, BUT what was unspoken was that if he wanted to DM 3.5 well then I would be happy to play. But I knew that would never happen because he HATES DMing 3.5 more than I do. And doesn't have the time for it. Heck, none of us do which is why all our games are Adventure Paths.</p><p></p><p>I don't know how it is in other people's games, but we all work full time and many of us have kids and non-gaming significant others. Even though we all love to play, we all view DMing 3.5 as a painful time-sucking chore. So when someone agrees to DM a 3.5 game in our group, you don't question them or demand anything. You basically say, "Thank you!" and fall down and cry tears of joy that someone else has agreed to take on that burden.</p><p></p><p>DMs are gods in our game. Not so much because the DMs are tyrannical control freaks. But because you don't want them to decide placating demanding players is too much to deal with and to throw up their hands and quit running the game. Its a job no one <em>really</em> wants. Oh one of us might get the DM bug and think we want to DM, but once we start, the 3.5 rules pretty much smack us in the face and suck our enthusiasm away.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Again, I know this guy well so there was little chance of that happening. His only reluctance to embracing 4e was it was an unknown to him. His favorite 3.5 splat is Tome of Battle and he considers SW Saga the best incarnation of the SW RPG ever. Even better than the WEG version, which was high praise coming from him. I know him better than he knows himself. His inner 4e fanboy just needed a little nudge to come out.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Believe it or not, I'm not a bad guy. No badgering or strong arming. Basically the situation comes down to this: Bob can show up on the same day and time he always does. He can get a free book out of the deal and continue playing with us at NO cost, and NO effort beyond that which he puts into the game already.</p><p></p><p>The other alternative is that when the current games end, we don't play D&D at all because all of the current DMs are burned out on 3.5. Sure someone might get the bug and decide to start up a new game, but that is not likely to happen until after an extended hiatus. Bob has shown little interest in picking up the DMing reins himself. </p><p></p><p>So there it is. Play the new edition for free, or step up and offer to run a 3.5 game. Its a no brainer for me, but admittedly, I'm biased. For example, I dislike the WW Storyteller system immensely and I dislike the whole Vampire/Goth RP scene. But if my DM said he was going to run a Vampire game and he would give me a free Vampire: The Requiem book out of the deal if I agreed to play, heck I'd suck it up and play. No pun intended. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dragonblade, post: 4048197, member: 2804"] Clearly nuance is hard to convey in a messageboard post. My bad. I said I wasn't running 3.5, BUT what was unspoken was that if he wanted to DM 3.5 well then I would be happy to play. But I knew that would never happen because he HATES DMing 3.5 more than I do. And doesn't have the time for it. Heck, none of us do which is why all our games are Adventure Paths. I don't know how it is in other people's games, but we all work full time and many of us have kids and non-gaming significant others. Even though we all love to play, we all view DMing 3.5 as a painful time-sucking chore. So when someone agrees to DM a 3.5 game in our group, you don't question them or demand anything. You basically say, "Thank you!" and fall down and cry tears of joy that someone else has agreed to take on that burden. DMs are gods in our game. Not so much because the DMs are tyrannical control freaks. But because you don't want them to decide placating demanding players is too much to deal with and to throw up their hands and quit running the game. Its a job no one [I]really[/I] wants. Oh one of us might get the DM bug and think we want to DM, but once we start, the 3.5 rules pretty much smack us in the face and suck our enthusiasm away. Again, I know this guy well so there was little chance of that happening. His only reluctance to embracing 4e was it was an unknown to him. His favorite 3.5 splat is Tome of Battle and he considers SW Saga the best incarnation of the SW RPG ever. Even better than the WEG version, which was high praise coming from him. I know him better than he knows himself. His inner 4e fanboy just needed a little nudge to come out. Believe it or not, I'm not a bad guy. No badgering or strong arming. Basically the situation comes down to this: Bob can show up on the same day and time he always does. He can get a free book out of the deal and continue playing with us at NO cost, and NO effort beyond that which he puts into the game already. The other alternative is that when the current games end, we don't play D&D at all because all of the current DMs are burned out on 3.5. Sure someone might get the bug and decide to start up a new game, but that is not likely to happen until after an extended hiatus. Bob has shown little interest in picking up the DMing reins himself. So there it is. Play the new edition for free, or step up and offer to run a 3.5 game. Its a no brainer for me, but admittedly, I'm biased. For example, I dislike the WW Storyteller system immensely and I dislike the whole Vampire/Goth RP scene. But if my DM said he was going to run a Vampire game and he would give me a free Vampire: The Requiem book out of the deal if I agreed to play, heck I'd suck it up and play. No pun intended. :) [/QUOTE]
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