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<blockquote data-quote="OB1" data-source="post: 7265239" data-attributes="member: 6796241"><p>Think you really hit on something here. Very interesting insight.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Lawful - Freedom of Choice - But false choice, since the results are all uniform regardless of the initial choice</p><p></p><p>Chaotic - Resigned to whatever hand fate deals you - For your starting condition, but infinite variety afterwards</p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You keep assuming that I don't understand your viewpoint or have some problem with it. I completely understand where you are coming from and respect it.</p><p></p><p>Going back to my original post a few hours ago, the Fantasy genre in general is one that tends to be about gaining and/or asserting control. So in that sense, rules that re-enforce that concept, like point buy, are more in line with the underpinnings of the genre.</p><p></p><p>On the flip side of that is the other underpinning of D&D, which is the Fairy Tale genre, which tends towards the more chaotic and even, dare I say it, unfair, which Random roll fits into.</p><p></p><p>Law and Chaos once again.</p><p></p><p>Of course, then we consider the way Heroes get treated by the gods in Greek/Roman/Norse mythologies, and can see precisely what genre every DM thinks she's in <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OB1, post: 7265239, member: 6796241"] Think you really hit on something here. Very interesting insight. Lawful - Freedom of Choice - But false choice, since the results are all uniform regardless of the initial choice Chaotic - Resigned to whatever hand fate deals you - For your starting condition, but infinite variety afterwards :) You keep assuming that I don't understand your viewpoint or have some problem with it. I completely understand where you are coming from and respect it. Going back to my original post a few hours ago, the Fantasy genre in general is one that tends to be about gaining and/or asserting control. So in that sense, rules that re-enforce that concept, like point buy, are more in line with the underpinnings of the genre. On the flip side of that is the other underpinning of D&D, which is the Fairy Tale genre, which tends towards the more chaotic and even, dare I say it, unfair, which Random roll fits into. Law and Chaos once again. Of course, then we consider the way Heroes get treated by the gods in Greek/Roman/Norse mythologies, and can see precisely what genre every DM thinks she's in ;) [/QUOTE]
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