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Message: <blockquote data-quote="el-remmen" data-source="post: 9301199" data-attributes="member: 11">I understand feeling the pressure to update or incorporate new rules when you don't feel ready for them or prefer a previous or existing ruleset and how that can be upsetting. No one wants to feel "left behind."What I don't understand is seeing that as some kind of conspiracy against you and the community.  The truth is, the whole notion of being "left behind" is silly.In my experience, when you introduce new people to the game, they happily play whichever rules you introduce them to because 1. they don't know any better, and 2. They assume as the experienced gamer you have the expertise to give a trustworthy opinion on the state of the rules.Now, they may in time find that newer rules (or even older) are better for them - and that is their right - but living in fear of that is kind of sad to me. I can't speak for other RPGs, but in terms of D&D, what upsets me the most is the loss of the DIY spirit of home games that see the access to any rules (new, old, homebrew, 3rd party) as a buffet from which to pick and chose what works for you and your group not only playing that way, but being able to pick up or drop stuff as you go along based on your experience.You never actually need to buy anything to play D&D and that was true before the ton of free digital material (like the SRDs) even existed - but it is nice to be able to buy some things if you want and you can.</blockquote>

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