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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6052608" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>I refuse to beholden WotC to have every single rule that appears in every single playtest packet to line-for-line apply to one of their stated design goals. To me... that is just the ultimate in stupidity.</p><p></p><p>They know what they want to achieve. They are allowed the license to play around a bit to figure out the best way to reach that. If some rule appears in a specific playtest packet that seems to run counter to their original goals... I just keep telling myself one damn important thing:</p><p></p><p>These playtest packets are <strong>NOT FINAL RULES</strong>. Most likely, many of the things in these packets WON'T BE IN the final rules. So don't get my panties in a bunch over any specific rule... because if something doesn't speak to me or doesn't seem to work when I TEST IT... I'll just tell them that simply and honestly in their surveys and believe that I'm not the only one who thinks that way.</p><p></p><p>And I will let WotC do what they do without second-guessing them. Because to do so implies that I know what is better for them to do for their playtest than they do. Which we can all agree is complete and utter BS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6052608, member: 7006"] I refuse to beholden WotC to have every single rule that appears in every single playtest packet to line-for-line apply to one of their stated design goals. To me... that is just the ultimate in stupidity. They know what they want to achieve. They are allowed the license to play around a bit to figure out the best way to reach that. If some rule appears in a specific playtest packet that seems to run counter to their original goals... I just keep telling myself one damn important thing: These playtest packets are [B]NOT FINAL RULES[/B]. Most likely, many of the things in these packets WON'T BE IN the final rules. So don't get my panties in a bunch over any specific rule... because if something doesn't speak to me or doesn't seem to work when I TEST IT... I'll just tell them that simply and honestly in their surveys and believe that I'm not the only one who thinks that way. And I will let WotC do what they do without second-guessing them. Because to do so implies that I know what is better for them to do for their playtest than they do. Which we can all agree is complete and utter BS. [/QUOTE]
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