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<blockquote data-quote="Texicles" data-source="post: 6222079" data-attributes="member: 6694608">This. There's no game I know of that has all things I like and no things I don't. This is true of the 5e playtest material as well. I'm not willing to write off the promised level of modularity as illusory just yet. I'll feel more entitled to such when I get ready to pay someone for something, but until then, I just take what they give as what they give, not the entirety of the edition. And even then, I'm interested in an edition that's pretty good at many things, if not the best at any.Getting away from the food analogies because I'm already craving some sort of delicious cereal/ice cream amalgam: I, like most these days, carry a smartphone. It's not as good as a laptop for internetting. It's not as good as a GPS for navigating. It's not as good as a PSP for gaming. It's not as a DSLR for taking pictures. It's not as good as a satellite phone for voice communication. etc. etc.But, in one pocket [like one game at one table], I can have something that does all those things well enough that I don't feel the need to carry all the other stuff with me at all times. If I need a more specialized device [game] for a particular reason, I'll use [play] it, but when I'm done getting the needed, narrow utility, I'll return to my convenient, broad utility.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Texicles, post: 6222079, member: 6694608"] This. There's no game I know of that has all things I like and no things I don't. This is true of the 5e playtest material as well. I'm not willing to write off the promised level of modularity as illusory just yet. I'll feel more entitled to such when I get ready to pay someone for something, but until then, I just take what they give as what they give, not the entirety of the edition. And even then, I'm interested in an edition that's pretty good at many things, if not the best at any. Getting away from the food analogies because I'm already craving some sort of delicious cereal/ice cream amalgam: I, like most these days, carry a smartphone. It's not as good as a laptop for internetting. It's not as good as a GPS for navigating. It's not as good as a PSP for gaming. It's not as a DSLR for taking pictures. It's not as good as a satellite phone for voice communication. etc. etc. But, in one pocket [like one game at one table], I can have something that does all those things well enough that I don't feel the need to carry all the other stuff with me at all times. If I need a more specialized device [game] for a particular reason, I'll use [play] it, but when I'm done getting the needed, narrow utility, I'll return to my convenient, broad utility. [/QUOTE]

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