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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9768471" data-attributes="member: 7023840">So I've been loving the responses and the thread so far, and it is EXACTLY what I was hoping for. THANK YOU! Keep it up. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Two different thoughts ....First, I'd like to thank the many commenters discussing the RAW of 1e, and especially [USER=15700]@Sacrosanct[/USER] and [USER=2209]@Voadam[/USER] for their contributions (everyone else as well, of course, but I wanted to discuss what they are talking about in particular). Voadam went in-depth about one (it's just one- there are others, but it's a doozie) of the internal conflicts that exist in the rules- essentially, why you can't play 1e RAW. No matter how much close you try to get to the Platonic ideal of playing 1e "RAW" ... you will only ever be able to play the shadows on a wall. Because even if you scrupulously applied every single rule, every single sub-system, and correctly did the flow chart for all combats (does the opponent wear a helmet? what are you attacking?), and even assuming you could do interpretations to avoid some rules conflicts, you will still be left with situations where application of the RAW won't work, and you are required to house-rule a solution.But I was also hoping for feedback like what we received from Sacrosanct- that someone is trying to scrupulously play, as close as possible, to the RAW. I am fascinated by this, and I hope that he posts further updates on the experience on an ongoing basis! As I always says, "The perfect is the enemy of the <s>three martini lunch</s> good." Please let the rest of us know the good, the bad, and the ugly from turning it up to 11!Second, I was reflecting on the title. Playing 1e RAW? So ... does that mean someone is rawdogging 1e?<img src="https://www.enworld.org/attachments/tumblr_c79eadeb942f18f95d9898ecad1b183e_eddf7840_540-gif.378106/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="540x370" style="" />Nothing wrong with that, amirite?</blockquote>

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