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<blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 8200392" data-attributes="member: 6879661"><p>I think you’ll find in my last posts I haven’t defended D&D once. In fact you’ll see I said this applies as much to people claiming D&D and ignoring its flaws as anything else.</p><p></p><p>What you are reflexively arguing against is the idea that what might work for some people might not work for others. You like chunky sauce, I like smooth sauce. If I don’t like bits of tomato in my sauce. It doesn’t matter how fresh, or authentic, or healthy it is, if I don’t like it. Your claims that Chunky is better for making bolognaise are wholly unhelpful. Now you can tell me why you think chunky is good for it, but don’t tell me it’s better as a statement of fact. It ain’t better for me!</p><p></p><p>When you say something can’t do X (as you say a fair bit) you actually mean not very good at doing. Which is an entirely relative term. The D&D could be used for a scientific gritty futuristic horror game. It’s just wouldn’t be very good at it. Starfinder might be better, or better yet Alien. If those systems work for you. However in the unlikely even they don’t, and D&D is your best bet then you mangle D&D into a vehicle for it. Or whichever system you can use.</p><p></p><p>No one is saying the virtues of other games can’t be celebrated. Just lay off the absolutes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheSword, post: 8200392, member: 6879661"] I think you’ll find in my last posts I haven’t defended D&D once. In fact you’ll see I said this applies as much to people claiming D&D and ignoring its flaws as anything else. What you are reflexively arguing against is the idea that what might work for some people might not work for others. You like chunky sauce, I like smooth sauce. If I don’t like bits of tomato in my sauce. It doesn’t matter how fresh, or authentic, or healthy it is, if I don’t like it. Your claims that Chunky is better for making bolognaise are wholly unhelpful. Now you can tell me why you think chunky is good for it, but don’t tell me it’s better as a statement of fact. It ain’t better for me! When you say something can’t do X (as you say a fair bit) you actually mean not very good at doing. Which is an entirely relative term. The D&D could be used for a scientific gritty futuristic horror game. It’s just wouldn’t be very good at it. Starfinder might be better, or better yet Alien. If those systems work for you. However in the unlikely even they don’t, and D&D is your best bet then you mangle D&D into a vehicle for it. Or whichever system you can use. No one is saying the virtues of other games can’t be celebrated. Just lay off the absolutes. [/QUOTE]
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