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<blockquote data-quote="Incenjucar" data-source="post: 1806315" data-attributes="member: 6182">1.&nbsp; Reasonable, perhaps, is better stated as 'reasoned'.&nbsp; Common usage and such, I guess.&nbsp; Unless the goal is &quot;Play Like Sean&quot; and not &quot;Make Better Design and Purchase Decisions&quot;, Sean's doing it the wrong way (Unless Sean is provably &quot;Better&quot; than people who can find a place for Sneak Attacking Undead or Causing cold damage to cold-immune creatures).&nbsp; Now, if he was trying to say &quot;In default tournament D&amp;D&quot;, fine.&nbsp; That's just a balance issue.&nbsp; However, since most people play, you know, their own games, he's missing out most of the potential audience.&nbsp; Instead, he just declares things to be bad, period.&nbsp; Not &quot;In most games&quot;, not &quot;In Sean-genre games&quot;, but games, period.2.&nbsp; If Sean's goal is &quot;To Reveal the Underlying Design Philosophy of D&amp;D, and How They Have Diverged From It&quot;, fine.&nbsp; So far he's just been insulting undead-hunting rogue campaigns, and possibly failing to realize that the design philosophy wasn't set in stone when initially devised.&nbsp; Frankly, I find it more useful to help people to realize their OWN design philosophy along with the other options out there so they can pick and choose, rather than be directed toward one thing.&nbsp; Honestly, I'm reminded of preachers.&nbsp; There are many temples to D&amp;D, but for some bloody reason, only Sean's is the way to heaven.3.&nbsp; Yes, everyone is biased.&nbsp; If we ignore the fact, we're going to give biased information.&nbsp; Biased information results in lost opportunities.&nbsp; What if everybody was so certain that fire was the way to chemistry that they never tried electricity?&nbsp; Escaping your own biases is a powerful thing.Again, Sean's sounding more like my proffessors who have to be given long explanations as to why Fantasy is not automatically for the unwashed masses.Now, me, I can see and accept, openly, the possible enjoyment to be found in any genre or style.&nbsp; An example:&nbsp; I -really- hate Great Gatsby.&nbsp; However, I will quickly reccomend it to someone who has a thing for screwed up young rich people, and explain why it would be good reading for them.&nbsp; I would then hurl at the thought of that stupid book, but I'm not going to tell the reader they're &quot;reading wrong&quot;, because I know damned well that it's subjective, and so there is no 'right' answer to begin with.And hey, it's my opinion that people should not let their opinions interfere with trying to be helpful, so nyeh.--Really, I think Sean should just be more blunt and honest:&nbsp; He'll happily teach you to play like he plays, based on what he's learned.&nbsp; Go to someone else who can keep their bias out of things to get a deeper look in to how you play.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Incenjucar, post: 1806315, member: 6182"] 1. Reasonable, perhaps, is better stated as 'reasoned'. Common usage and such, I guess. Unless the goal is "Play Like Sean" and not "Make Better Design and Purchase Decisions", Sean's doing it the wrong way (Unless Sean is provably "Better" than people who can find a place for Sneak Attacking Undead or Causing cold damage to cold-immune creatures). Now, if he was trying to say "In default tournament D&D", fine. That's just a balance issue. However, since most people play, you know, their own games, he's missing out most of the potential audience. Instead, he just declares things to be bad, period. Not "In most games", not "In Sean-genre games", but games, period. 2. If Sean's goal is "To Reveal the Underlying Design Philosophy of D&D, and How They Have Diverged From It", fine. So far he's just been insulting undead-hunting rogue campaigns, and possibly failing to realize that the design philosophy wasn't set in stone when initially devised. Frankly, I find it more useful to help people to realize their OWN design philosophy along with the other options out there so they can pick and choose, rather than be directed toward one thing. Honestly, I'm reminded of preachers. There are many temples to D&D, but for some bloody reason, only Sean's is the way to heaven. 3. Yes, everyone is biased. If we ignore the fact, we're going to give biased information. Biased information results in lost opportunities. What if everybody was so certain that fire was the way to chemistry that they never tried electricity? Escaping your own biases is a powerful thing. Again, Sean's sounding more like my proffessors who have to be given long explanations as to why Fantasy is not automatically for the unwashed masses. Now, me, I can see and accept, openly, the possible enjoyment to be found in any genre or style. An example: I -really- hate Great Gatsby. However, I will quickly reccomend it to someone who has a thing for screwed up young rich people, and explain why it would be good reading for them. I would then hurl at the thought of that stupid book, but I'm not going to tell the reader they're "reading wrong", because I know damned well that it's subjective, and so there is no 'right' answer to begin with. And hey, it's my opinion that people should not let their opinions interfere with trying to be helpful, so nyeh. -- Really, I think Sean should just be more blunt and honest: He'll happily teach you to play like he plays, based on what he's learned. Go to someone else who can keep their bias out of things to get a deeper look in to how you play. [/QUOTE]

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