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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thedungeondelver" data-source="post: 5792508" data-attributes="member: 34865">I think the new edition will be a great disappointment to people who expect it to be a Perfect Game that can replace whatever previous version of D&D they play.  It won't be.  AD&D isn't perfect.  Original D&D isn't perfect.  2e isn't, nor was 3e, nor was 4e.However a game that features enough options for a DM to switch on or off or set to varying degrees to approach what they like out of D&D will be close enough.Perfect is the enemy of good enough.As I said in the thread about Rust Monsters, I want the choice to make them the quicker <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=":)" /><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=":)" /><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=":)" /><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=":)" />er-uppers, Q.E.D.  Likewise I want other DMs to have the ability to make them into little magic item COINSTAR machines that you put unwanted magic items in to and voila get a new magic item out of (or the poop to make one).There are people - and I cannot fathom why other than my earlier fear thesis - who absolutely don't want the knobs to be able to be turned all the way to the right.  Hopefully their voices will be lost in the maelstrom and what we get at the end of the day is a customizable game that supports multiple playstyles.My hate-on for WIZARDS OF THE COAST has been pretty serious for edition-warry reasons I won't go in to right at the moment.  But...this new game, D&D NEXT, 5e, call it whatever...the effort being put forth by WIZARDS, the tone of the LEGENDS & LORE columns, reaching out to people who play not just AD&D but 3e, 2e, original D&D - that tells me they're at least trying to get it in one sock.When they weren't even trying?  When crap like cut-and-pasting the 30 YEARS OF D&D (incorrect) information into the 4e books hit, the whole promo phase for 4e?  THAT was the "disappointing" part (frustrating and infuriating, actually).If D&Dn fails to completely thrill me and make me put my AD&D books away, but I see a game that'd make a good secondary "gotta get my D&D fix" game?  I won't be disappointed.Why should anyone?</blockquote>

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