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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6254590" data-attributes="member: 92511">Well, objectively speaking, it's not. There is no "better." There's only what you or I or anyone else likes better.  It may not be. But "change because some other RPG [or CRPG] does it this way" is not more compelling...and "Change for the sake of change" i.e. "It's a new edition, so we need to make it different so it'll be different", is not at all compelling for me nor should be viewed as "evolution" or cloaked in the buzz-word of the decade, "innovation." It's just change. It's something different.The counter to that, I suppose, is that when you change something enough, it ceases to be what it once was. That's all well and good, and if that is what WotC is doing/wants to do, then that's what they should do...but it didn't work out so well the last time and if they are going to change basic assumptions of framework of D&D, like XP, then recognize it as different (since that's what they want) and call it something other than D&D.If I take chicken, vegetables, some stock (prolly some herbs and seasoning, since I'm fancy like that) and throw it in a pot, I have a chicken soup. If I add some noodles or rice to it...It's still soup. It's just chicken noodle (of chicken & rice) soup. If I use a rue or add cream to it...still a soup? Sure. I have cream of chicken soup or [reduced enough] maybe something that could be called a stew instead of "soup." If I take that mixture, and instead of a pot, put it in a casserole dish, thicken it up a bit more and slap a crust/pastry over the top. That's a chicken pot pie...not a soup at all anymore.  The sacred cows are sacred for a reason. Remove them, if you want. Sure ok. But don't bring me a cheeseburger, chili-con-carne, or even a beautifully prepared beef wellington, point at the plate and say, "Look, a cow!" Now, if you'll excuse me a mo'...I think I really need to have some lunch. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />[EDIT] Apologies. "...a roux..." not a "rue". I want to thicken the soup, not add a street. <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=":)" /> [/EDIT]</blockquote>

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