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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Treebore" data-source="post: 5398453" data-attributes="member: 10177">The bottom line is to play the game you like. After my burn out with 3E I was at a loss. I didn't want to go back to the older editions. I would have gone back to 2E if I hadn't lost my house rule documents, and I wasn't looking forward to rebuilding those rules.Anyways, I found an RPG that interested me and took a look at it. It had a nice skeletal system upon which I could hang the various rules from the various RPG's. So I ran with it, taking the time to see how it worked, and slowly added, and eventually even subtracted, various rules. After about a year of playing and getting into double digit levels I had a very solid set of house rules that have now made the RPG into my perfect RPG. I now have no interest in any new editions. Why? Because I have taken the time to build this RPG into my perfect system, so I don't need a new edition! If I want that I'll just add house rules!The only reason anyone needs to know the rules "by the book" is for participating in a Living campaign and being able to sit down and play a given game at a Convention.In your home, for your home group, you do what you need to do to turn it into the perfect game tailor fitted for you and your group.Heck, I am so spoiled by my RPG that when I go to Conventions I don't have any interest in playing D&D. The various versions played just aren't good enough anymore to interest me. So now I go and play other RPG's I am interested in. So I run Traveller, my daughter runs L5R and I play in those, and I try out other games like Starblazers, Dresden Files, Cthonian Stars, Mouse Guard, Cthulthu Tech, Eclipse Phase, Fantasy Craft, etc... and find out how fun they can be.The bad things is they are fun, so now I am spending money getting the rules for all of them!Anyways, forget about what a company or a bunch of people say is the right way to play a given RPG, take the rules set you like best and take the time to tweak it into your perfect little game. It is well worth the effort, and strangely enough is what the guy who started the RPG rage wanted us to do all along.</blockquote>

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