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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 9246710" data-attributes="member: 23751">Now. Show me where it says in the book what &quot;need&quot; means. Something that I must follow.&nbsp; Because not one word of that quote tells me or anyone else what I must follow in order for my need to be genuine need.&nbsp; I have defined need as what I want.&nbsp; Where in the book is that explicitly wrong?And no, he does not say that changing that rule makes it drastically different.&nbsp; What he really says is that if you do it a lot, and he fails to define what a lot means, it becomes drastically different.So again, where does he define what is required for me to &quot;need&quot; to change the rule?P.S. Gygax also said later that...&quot;Your alternation doesn't disturb me in the least. Why I decided on realism in regards to male/female strength is beyond me. After all in a fantasy game that doesn't make a great deal of sense. I suppose I just wasn't thinking the matter through in regards the genre. I do not have such differentiations in the Lejendary Adventure game.&quot;P.P.S. Gygax according to your post there never ran D&amp;D, but something &quot;drastically different.&quot;&nbsp; Here is also what he said,&quot;Whoa, and I have to think hard about those questions. Generally, I just DMed on the fly, so to speak, and didn't use the rules books except for random encounters, monster stats, and treasure.&quot;And...&quot;when hand-to-hand fighting occurred I usually did that seat-of-the-pants rules--asking what the character was doing and deciding on the chance for success based on the circumstances.&quot;And...&quot;I did not use psionics, generally ignored weapons vs. armor type and weapon speed.&quot;And...&quot;When an opponent was helpless I always allowed an immediate kill if of lower level; otherwise a successful hit killed, a &quot;miss&quot; doing double damage anyway.&quot;So your contention is that the creator of D&amp;D didn't play D&amp;D?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 9246710, member: 23751"] Now. Show me where it says in the book what "need" means. Something that I must follow. Because not one word of that quote tells me or anyone else what I must follow in order for my need to be genuine need. I have defined need as what I want. Where in the book is that explicitly wrong? And no, he does not say that changing that rule makes it drastically different. What he really says is that if you do it a lot, and he fails to define what a lot means, it becomes drastically different. So again, where does he define what is required for me to "need" to change the rule? P.S. Gygax also said later that... "Your alternation doesn't disturb me in the least. Why I decided on realism in regards to male/female strength is beyond me. After all in a fantasy game that doesn't make a great deal of sense. I suppose I just wasn't thinking the matter through in regards the genre. I do not have such differentiations in the [I]Lejendary Adventure[/I] game." P.P.S. [B]Gygax according to your post there never ran D&D, but something "drastically different."[/B] Here is also what he said, "Whoa, and I have to think hard about those questions. Generally, [U]I just DMed on the fly, so to speak, and didn't use the rules books except for random encounters, monster stats, and treasure.[/U]" And... "when hand-to-hand fighting occurred I usually did that seat-of-the-pants rules--asking what the character was doing and deciding on the chance for success based on the circumstances." And... "I did not use psionics, generally ignored weapons vs. armor type and weapon speed." And... "When an opponent was helpless I always allowed an immediate kill if of lower level; otherwise a successful hit killed, a "miss" doing double damage anyway." So your contention is that the creator of D&D didn't play D&D? [/QUOTE]

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