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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9654876" data-attributes="member: 6790260">BuT hOw CoUlD wE MaKe OuR oWn DeCiSiOnS iF wE dO tHaT???There are times that, even though I know it would screw up vast swathes of modern culture (certainly an enormous slice of video gaming), I almost wish I had two-use time machine (once out, once back) so I could prevent D&amp;D from taking over the TTRPG market.Because then this idea that rules are a horrible nasty bad thing which should be abjured whenever and wherever possible might actually goddamn die, rather than lingering like a mummy lord or the world's most tenacious fart. It's got to be the single most tedious thing in all TTRPG discussion--the constant need to defend the idea that rules are useful tools, and should thus be purposefully designed, and tested to see if they actually fulfill the function for which they were designed, so you can...y'know...make rules that actually work when used!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9654876, member: 6790260"] BuT hOw CoUlD wE MaKe OuR oWn DeCiSiOnS iF wE dO tHaT??? There are times that, even though I know it would screw up [I]vast swathes[/I] of modern culture (certainly an enormous slice of video gaming), I almost wish I had two-use time machine (once out, once back) so I could prevent D&D from taking over the TTRPG market. Because then this idea that rules are a horrible nasty bad thing which should be abjured whenever and wherever possible might actually goddamn [I]die[/I], rather than lingering like a mummy lord or the world's most tenacious fart. It's got to be the single most tedious thing in all TTRPG discussion--the constant need to defend the idea that rules are [I]useful tools[/I], and should thus be purposefully [I]designed[/I], and tested to see if they actually fulfill the function for which they were designed, so you can...y'know...make rules that actually [I]work[/I] when used! [/QUOTE]

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