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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MoogleEmpMog" data-source="post: 2832005" data-attributes="member: 22882">To expand on my pithy statement (which was pithily stated before): when I didn't have mechanical customization for my character in D&D, I didn't play D&D.I've played other systems before and still do.  Some, I'd rather play than d20 (SilCore, M&M, True20); others, I'd rather play d20 than, but would rather play than any prior version of D&D (HERO), and others, I don't really like but would rather play than AD&D (BRP, GURPS).  Basic D&D, though saddled with an even more rigid class structure, gets a nod for being fairly simple.For that matter, rather than muddle through D&D with allegedly archtypical characters, I skipped tabletop RPGs entirely and did something entirely different - played console RPGs, read books, wrote, watched movies, heck, in the time period we're talking about, you could get actual turn-based strategy games!  Like, on your PC!  Scary.Console RPGs have been in a slump the last few years, and turn-based strategy games are on a "once a year, maybe, if you're lucky, and they may not be any good" schedule, so my tabletop RPG play has gone up a lot of late.  Even so, only about half my tabletop gaming is d20, and of that only half is recognizably D&D.</blockquote>