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Message: <blockquote data-quote="evileeyore" data-source="post: 1341552" data-attributes="member: 1768">Dood, that is sooo not the game I remember.Back in the day there was like plot and consequences to our actions and storyline and character development and stuff.  Now its just "10 x 10 room, Orc with Pie.  Kill Orc, enjoy Pie.  Rinse, Repeat."<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=";)" />Okay its not that way for everyone.  But it seems that with 3.x (atleast with my group) its less about the characters, and more about the characteristics.  Like how these kewl feats and spells and magic items will work together to make my minature the baddest "whatever-class-race" on the mat.  It just seems to me that 3.x brings out the wargamer in deep inside, and leaves no room for character portrayal.And it really is just D&D.  We recently switched to Shadowrun and I am having a lot more fun.  Of course the DM (or whatever Shadowrun calls them) did outlaw the mat.  So it could just be the allure of the square grid...TTFNEvilE   (pinning for the lost LARP)</blockquote>