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<blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 5766244" data-attributes="member: 957">Actually, yes he does.&nbsp; He says exactly that.And he provides two guards at the gate as an example of a defacto not fun encounter.Yes.&nbsp; It is terrible advice.&nbsp; It is much better to make some mistakes and learn from them than to start building boundaries from day 1.There are whole masses of good to outstanding DMs who grew up running two guards at the gate encounters.&nbsp; The old way worked.&nbsp; I predict that this advice, if taken fully to heart, would detract from the overall quality of DMing skills.All that said, I do think what you claim he said IS what he MEANT to say.&nbsp; But saying he didn't say exactly what he DID say is silly.&nbsp; And writing it off as poor choice of words just cuts it down to &quot;Why the heck didn't HE notice how poorly it was said?&quot; and &quot;Why didn't ANYONE else at WotC notice before it wet out the door?&quot;And if the literal face value didn't have such synergy with the fundamental changes of 4E and the things that many people find so lacking in it, then it wouldn't be nearly as big a deal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BryonD, post: 5766244, member: 957"] Actually, yes he does. He says exactly that. And he provides two guards at the gate as an example of a defacto not fun encounter. Yes. It is terrible advice. It is much better to make some mistakes and learn from them than to start building boundaries from day 1. There are whole masses of good to outstanding DMs who grew up running two guards at the gate encounters. The old way worked. I predict that this advice, if taken fully to heart, would detract from the overall quality of DMing skills. All that said, I do think what you claim he said IS what he MEANT to say. But saying he didn't say exactly what he DID say is silly. And writing it off as poor choice of words just cuts it down to "Why the heck didn't HE notice how poorly it was said?" and "Why didn't ANYONE else at WotC notice before it wet out the door?" And if the literal face value didn't have such synergy with the fundamental changes of 4E and the things that many people find so lacking in it, then it wouldn't be nearly as big a deal. [/QUOTE]

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