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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 8456414" data-attributes="member: 45197"><p>Hiya!</p><p></p><p>Tradition in D&D is important to me because it recognizes and validates my experiences growing up playing the game since "day 4'ish" <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=";)" /> . (I started in 1980). It gives me a feeling of "Yeah, I was there when that was new. I was a part of the beginning of this whole thing we call 'role-play gaming'".</p><p></p><p>It's also one reason why I (and probably many other "old grognards") get so... annoyed, when a new addition tries to "update the game/setting/system/whatever" to modern standards. I <em>like</em> the idea of needing to make a single Resurrection Survival roll or be forever dead. I <em>like</em> the idea that a fighter falling off a 50' cliff onto some rocks will probably have all his potions and oils broken. I <em>like</em> the idea that Humans have a single, paired 'special ability' (any class, any level), and that ALL other races have limitations (re: class and level limitations). All those "old 1e type things"...I grew up with them and they make sense to me because that's what I grew up with. Tradition. <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=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Remove more and more of those "traditions" and the game becomes more and more about NOT making me feel welcome than making me feel excited to play something new.... if that makes any sense.</p><p></p><p>^_^</p><p></p><p>Paul L. Ming</p><p>(...now where did I put my cane...! I need to wave it around and yell at some kids! Dang whippersnappers!)</p><p><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=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pming, post: 8456414, member: 45197"] Hiya! Tradition in D&D is important to me because it recognizes and validates my experiences growing up playing the game since "day 4'ish" ;) . (I started in 1980). It gives me a feeling of "Yeah, I was there when that was new. I was a part of the beginning of this whole thing we call 'role-play gaming'". It's also one reason why I (and probably many other "old grognards") get so... annoyed, when a new addition tries to "update the game/setting/system/whatever" to modern standards. I [I]like[/I] the idea of needing to make a single Resurrection Survival roll or be forever dead. I [I]like[/I] the idea that a fighter falling off a 50' cliff onto some rocks will probably have all his potions and oils broken. I [I]like[/I] the idea that Humans have a single, paired 'special ability' (any class, any level), and that ALL other races have limitations (re: class and level limitations). All those "old 1e type things"...I grew up with them and they make sense to me because that's what I grew up with. Tradition. :) Remove more and more of those "traditions" and the game becomes more and more about NOT making me feel welcome than making me feel excited to play something new.... if that makes any sense. ^_^ Paul L. Ming (...now where did I put my cane...! I need to wave it around and yell at some kids! Dang whippersnappers!) ;) [/QUOTE]
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