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<blockquote data-quote="theredrobedwizard" data-source="post: 5824996" data-attributes="member: 21340"><p>I had a very long winded, angry reply typed up for your original post. Then I deleted it, because it would have been needlessly vitriolic and mean spirited. Here is the edited for clarity version:</p><p></p><p>- Your slight towards my generation and those younger than me, whether passive-aggressively apologized for or not, is hurtful and senseless.</p><p></p><p>- In what universe are options a bad thing?</p><p></p><p>- In what universe were 1st / 2nd edition well organized? </p><p></p><p>- Exactly which part of 4e stopped you from RPing during a session? Oh, you can't have ranks in Profession: Blacksmith? That's what your backstory is for. Any DM worth his/her salt takes backstory into account when you attempt something. You come across some horseshoes. You, being a Blacksmith before you started adventuring, want to know what sort of metal they're made of. Your DM, aware of your backstory, tells you to make a Perception check with a +2 bonus for your familiarity. If you succeed at the check, you know that it's made out of a mixture of Iron and Silver. 4e allows players to make interesting characters without having to take skills that detract from their effectiveness.</p><p></p><p>- If we're so impatient, why is it that you're the one clammoring for a system which doesn't take so long to create characters?</p><p></p><p>(There's probably more rebuttal I could muster, but I'm going to walk away before I say something hateful about The Older Generations.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="theredrobedwizard, post: 5824996, member: 21340"] I had a very long winded, angry reply typed up for your original post. Then I deleted it, because it would have been needlessly vitriolic and mean spirited. Here is the edited for clarity version: - Your slight towards my generation and those younger than me, whether passive-aggressively apologized for or not, is hurtful and senseless. - In what universe are options a bad thing? - In what universe were 1st / 2nd edition well organized? - Exactly which part of 4e stopped you from RPing during a session? Oh, you can't have ranks in Profession: Blacksmith? That's what your backstory is for. Any DM worth his/her salt takes backstory into account when you attempt something. You come across some horseshoes. You, being a Blacksmith before you started adventuring, want to know what sort of metal they're made of. Your DM, aware of your backstory, tells you to make a Perception check with a +2 bonus for your familiarity. If you succeed at the check, you know that it's made out of a mixture of Iron and Silver. 4e allows players to make interesting characters without having to take skills that detract from their effectiveness. - If we're so impatient, why is it that you're the one clammoring for a system which doesn't take so long to create characters? (There's probably more rebuttal I could muster, but I'm going to walk away before I say something hateful about The Older Generations.) [/QUOTE]
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