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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6161594" data-attributes="member: 92511">Whoa. Why, exactly, would we do that? That's going to happen! Maybe not in your group...maybe not in mine...but it is hardly an unjustified position.Mmmmm'kay. So we're not dealing with reason, experience or logic here. Gotcha. It is neither &quot;lame&quot; nor &quot;stupid.&quot; It IS actually what will happen...in some groups...whether it happens in your group or not is not incontrovertible evidence that it is &quot;lame&quot; or &quot;stupid.&quot;Right...and you don't see any problem with the game/books stating, point blank, &quot;this is how to work Inspiration points/chits/cookies&quot; and then saying, as DM, &quot;No we're not doing points/chits/cookies&quot;? That amounts to noooo problems in your experience or foresight?!I can not express my disagreement with this. It has nothing to do with &quot;fragile ego&quot;. It has to do with the leg to stand on to say &quot;This is an optional rule, and I'm opting not to use it&quot; vs. &quot;This is a built in rule, right there for all the users of the books to see, and to take it out means you're not playing the game right.&quot;What does that even mean?&nbsp; I suppose I can't argue with that. The problem is...I think, at least...for many of us...is those decisions should not HAVE to be MADE! if we make them/ We'll &quot;own&quot; them. But why is it built into the fabric of the game...all of the sudden...after 30 years...that we NEED to make those DeCISIONS!?!?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 6161594, member: 92511"] Whoa. Why, exactly, would we do that? That's going to happen! Maybe not in your group...maybe not in mine...but it is hardly an unjustified position. Mmmmm'kay. So we're not dealing with reason, experience or logic here. Gotcha. It is neither "lame" nor "stupid." It IS actually what will happen...in some groups...whether it happens in your group or not is not incontrovertible evidence that it is "lame" or "stupid." Right...and you don't see any problem with the game/books stating, point blank, "this is how to work Inspiration points/chits/cookies" and then saying, as DM, "No we're not doing points/chits/cookies"? That amounts to noooo problems in your experience or foresight?! I can not express my disagreement with this. It has nothing to do with "fragile ego". It has to do with the leg to stand on to say "This is an optional rule, and I'm [I]opting not[/I] to use it" vs. "This is a built in [I]rule[/I], right there for all the users of the books to see, and to take it out means you're not playing the game [I]right.[/I]" What does that even mean? I suppose I can't argue with that. The problem is...I think, at least...for many of us...is those decisions should not HAVE to be MADE! if we make them/ We'll "own" them. But why is it built into the fabric of the game...all of the sudden...after 30 years...that we NEED to make those DeCISIONS!?!? [/QUOTE]

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