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<blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 4016281" data-attributes="member: 467">Not the point and not the subject of the thread.&nbsp; The subject of the thread is how house-ruling/&quot;modding&quot; experienced DMs and new DMs will interact with the game and with one another.&nbsp; Everyone who has posted on this thread is by definition a part of a larger gaming community -- no one here can claim that their gaming experience is limited to the basement (even if their actual play experiences are limited to the basement).&nbsp; Given that there should, if things work out the way WotC wants, be an influx of new DMs into the community come June -- after all, 4E is web-enabled and finding EN World after finding WotC/Gleemax is almost a certainty -- these two groups are going to come into imemdiate conflict.&nbsp; Sure, there's always a new DM asking for help, but in June or July there should be lots of them.&quot;Just houserule/change it&quot; means something to an experienced DM (exactly what depending on what the issue at hand is).&nbsp; What does it mean to a new DM looking for advice or to understand why things may be the way they are?&nbsp; In addition, there is the issue of these two groups of DMs interacting in direct play with one another as the VTT takes off (assuming it does).So, despite Cadfan's attempt to handwave the subject, it actually matters and will have an impact on not only those new and experienced DMs, but on our community as a whole.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Reynard, post: 4016281, member: 467"] Not the point and not the subject of the thread. The subject of the thread is how house-ruling/"modding" experienced DMs and new DMs will interact with the game and with one another. Everyone who has posted on this thread is by definition a part of a larger gaming community -- no one here can claim that their gaming experience is limited to the basement (even if their actual play experiences are limited to the basement). Given that there should, if things work out the way WotC wants, be an influx of new DMs into the community come June -- after all, 4E is web-enabled and finding EN World after finding WotC/Gleemax is almost a certainty -- these two groups are going to come into imemdiate conflict. Sure, there's always a new DM asking for help, but in June or July there should be lots of them. "Just houserule/change it" means something to an experienced DM (exactly what depending on what the issue at hand is). What does it mean to a new DM looking for advice or to understand why things may be the way they are? In addition, there is the issue of these two groups of DMs interacting in direct play with one another as the VTT takes off (assuming it does). So, despite Cadfan's attempt to handwave the subject, it actually matters and will have an impact on not only those new and experienced DMs, but on our community as a whole. [/QUOTE]

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