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<blockquote data-quote="merelycompetent" data-source="post: 5900993" data-attributes="member: 33830">You must have played in far more of these badly mislabeled &quot;Safe-Style&quot; games than anyone I know.I might be misreading what you're posting, but it looks to me like you have a great deal of contempt for an easy-going, PC's are plot-protected, style of play. If this is true, then I think your dislike of that style is blinding you. Or maybe your preference and appreciation of a more gritty, die-hard (perhaps so far as cut-throat) style is causing it.I'd hate to see any gamer think that the DM at the table of complete newbies, who does a lot of hand-holding, damage fudging, &quot;sub-optimal&quot; tactics/strategy until the new-to-the-hobby players get enough rules-familiarity and confidence, is doing badwrongfun. No one could convince me that those tables with yells of joy at each successful hit feel hollow. Even if they're all playing 23rd level characters in any edition. Jaded and full of &quot;been there, done that&quot; as I am, it still wouldn't feel hollow to me - whether I was watching it at a con, playing at that table, or DMing it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="merelycompetent, post: 5900993, member: 33830"] You must have played in far more of these badly mislabeled "Safe-Style" games than anyone I know. I might be misreading what you're posting, but it looks to me like you have a great deal of contempt for an easy-going, PC's are plot-protected, style of play. If this is true, then I think your dislike of that style is blinding you. Or maybe your preference and appreciation of a more gritty, die-hard (perhaps so far as cut-throat) style is causing it. I'd hate to see any gamer think that the DM at the table of complete newbies, who does a lot of hand-holding, damage fudging, "sub-optimal" tactics/strategy until the new-to-the-hobby players get enough rules-familiarity and confidence, is doing badwrongfun. No one could convince me that those tables with yells of joy at each successful hit feel hollow. Even if they're all playing 23rd level characters in any edition. Jaded and full of "been there, done that" as I am, it still wouldn't feel hollow to me - whether I was watching it at a con, playing at that table, or DMing it. [/QUOTE]

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