The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Ryujin]

I personally would find it nigh-impossible to argue against an author being the best authority as to their intent. I would be inclined to say they aren't, in discussions of the text--sometimes people mean to say one thing and say another.

You would tend to think that, wouldn't you?

 

[Hussar]

Is it baffling to anyone else that when an expert in a field tells people they're wrong, they still feel the need to argue? Because it's baffling to me. Not in cases where there are multiple experts who disagree, rather an expert and laypeople. The chance of the expert being right is far, far higher than the chance of the layperson being right. Let it go, you're just wrong.

Given the last two or three years how are you remotely surprised by this?

 

[billd91]

Well, that was thin skinned.

 

[CleverNickName]

I fight the urge to leave this comment all the time:

You can still play 4th Edition. The books are still for sale, and plenty of people still play it. Why go through all that trouble to house-rule 5E and argue with your players/DM, when everything you need to play the game you want is already written and ready to go?

I fight the urge to include links to the 4E books on DriveThruRPG, too...PDFs, print-on-demand, it's all there.

 

[Cadence]

Clearly you don't understand how important it is to spread the holy word of pineapple to those who are using (that pathetic excuse for a topping) pepperoni out of force of habit!

 

[payn]

I fight the urge to leave this comment all the time:

You can still play 4th Edition. The books are still for sale, and plenty of people still play it. Why go through all that trouble to house-rule 5E and argue with your players/DM, when everything you need to play the game you want is already written and ready to go?

I fight the urge to include links to the 4E books on DriveThruRPG, too. PDFs, print-on-demand, it's all there ready to go.

Hell, you could swap any game for 4th edition and it still rings true.

 

[Cadence]

I'm pretty sure that saying sardines are interchangeable with pinapple is not a road one usually wants to go down...

 

[CleverNickName]

Hell, you could swap any game for 4th edition and it still rings true.

It's true, one man's 4E is another man's Rules Cyclopedia. But I see a lot of comments about rewiring 5E to make it look more like 4th Edition, but not very many at all for other editions or games. It's almost always 4E.

While I'm up on my soapbox about it: I don't understand the whole "Old School Renaissance" movement in D&D. Why OSR when you can just OS?

 

[payn]

It's true, one man's 4E is another man's Rules Cyclopedia.

I don't understand the whole "Old School Renaissance" movement in D&D. Why OSR when you can just OS?

Well, I do think the R matters in OSR. The old school games were pretty wonky mechanically and work a bit better with a few modern sensibilities. IMO, of course.

 

[overgeeked]

It's true, one man's 4E is another man's Rules Cyclopedia.

I don't understand the whole "Old School Renaissance" movement in D&D. Why OSR when you can just OS?

It came about during a time when it was easier to make a retroclone than to find old books at reasonable prices. PDFs of the old stuff weren’t available at the time. There’s also a huge DIY element to the scene.