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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 5374505" data-attributes="member: 177">And once you've learned to walk, you don't &quot;need&quot; someone to build a car, train, or airplane to get from NYC to Los Angeles.&nbsp; Doesn't mean you don't want someone to do it for you. And once you know basic story structure, it isn't like you &quot;need&quot; someone else to write novels for you either - you can just make up your own stories.&nbsp; And once you've heard music, you can just sing to yourself - no need for Elvis or the Beatles...Overall - that you don't &quot;need&quot; doesn't mean you don't want it, or that it is not a good thing.And that's leaving out the argument that maybe you aren't very good at making up your own novels, or your own rules (or roleplaying framework), or your own omelets in the restaurant.&nbsp; Not everyone is talented in the same ways.&nbsp; Maybe, to get to what you really want, you do need some help.&nbsp; RPG rules are not window dressing - they are framework upon which you may hang your own dressing.&nbsp; The point of buying the rules is so that you don't have to build the house from the 2x4s on up, so you can worry instead about decorating and actually using the kitchen and basement workshop that much sooner.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 5374505, member: 177"] And once you've learned to walk, you don't "need" someone to build a car, train, or airplane to get from NYC to Los Angeles. Doesn't mean you don't want someone to do it for you. And once you know basic story structure, it isn't like you "need" someone else to write novels for you either - you can just make up your own stories. And once you've heard music, you can just sing to yourself - no need for Elvis or the Beatles... Overall - that you don't "need" doesn't mean you don't want it, or that it is not a good thing. And that's leaving out the argument that maybe you aren't very good at making up your own novels, or your own rules (or roleplaying framework), or your own omelets in the restaurant. Not everyone is talented in the same ways. Maybe, to get to what you really want, you do need some help. RPG rules are not window dressing - they are framework upon which you may hang your own dressing. The point of buying the rules is so that you don't have to build the house from the 2x4s on up, so you can worry instead about decorating and actually using the kitchen and basement workshop that much sooner. [/QUOTE]

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