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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 4598745" data-attributes="member: 7635">Yeah, and what of it?You realize most newspapers are written at a 6th grade reading level? Most technical manuals (mechanical) barely break an 8th grade level. Written media designed to teach or inform (such as textbooks) are written far lower than its target audience to allow the largest selection of proficient readers (including those with reading/learning disability or ESL-readers). Writing that is academically elite (that is with complex-compound structure or polysyllabic word choice) dramatically limits the available audience for your product. (and remember, TSR was interested in selling their product to the largest available audience).IMHO, TSR did right by "dumbing down" Gygax's prose to reach a wider available reading audience. Its how a game grows. Sorry if your intellectual superiority is challenged by that.</blockquote>