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<blockquote data-quote="Camelot" data-source="post: 5354235" data-attributes="member: 82617">Celebrim, you mentioned that the D&amp;D books were &quot;as dry as a cookbook.&quot;&nbsp; I think you need to rethink that simile, because as I see it, it fits D&amp;D perfectly.&nbsp;When you want to eat food, you need to make it first.&nbsp; You get out your cookbook and find a recipe that sounds and looks good, based on the description that the author provides and the pictures of the completed food.&nbsp; You then must go through the steps of creating the food.&nbsp; You might add in your own ingredients or take out suggested ingredients that you don't like.&nbsp; Of course, you might also mess up some of the measuring or timing during the preparation.&nbsp; Once you are finished, you can then eat the food.&nbsp; You may find that it is just as you expected, but you might also find that the meal didn't turn out as you had hoped.&nbsp; You could go back and try again, or you might make something completely new.&nbsp;When you want to play an RPG, you need to make a character first.&nbsp; You get out your Player's Handbook and find a class and race combo that sounds and looks good, based on the mechanics that the author wrote and the pictures and flavor text of those characters.&nbsp; You then must go throught the steps of creating the character.&nbsp; You might add in your own homebrew mechanics or change some roleplaying aspects that you don't like.&nbsp; Of course, you might also mess up some of the math or misunderstand the mechanics.&nbsp; Once you are finished, you can then play the RPG.&nbsp; You may find that it is just as you expected, but you might also find that the character didn't turn out as you had hoped.&nbsp; You could go back and rework the character, or you might make something comepletely new.&nbsp;The point is, you need those rules to make the food/play the RPG as the author intended it.&nbsp; You could also make up your own recipe/game rules, but it might not turn out as good as it would have with the cookbook/rulebook, because the author of that book has had a lot more experience than you at making the food/game rules taste good/be fun.&nbsp;The rulebook may be dry, but that's because it isn't the game by itself.&nbsp; There is some effort involved, in any game, to actually play the game instead of just reading a book.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Camelot, post: 5354235, member: 82617"] Celebrim, you mentioned that the D&D books were "as dry as a cookbook." I think you need to rethink that simile, because as I see it, it fits D&D perfectly. When you want to eat food, you need to make it first. You get out your cookbook and find a recipe that sounds and looks good, based on the description that the author provides and the pictures of the completed food. You then must go through the steps of creating the food. You might add in your own ingredients or take out suggested ingredients that you don't like. Of course, you might also mess up some of the measuring or timing during the preparation. Once you are finished, you can then eat the food. You may find that it is just as you expected, but you might also find that the meal didn't turn out as you had hoped. You could go back and try again, or you might make something completely new. When you want to play an RPG, you need to make a character first. You get out your Player's Handbook and find a class and race combo that sounds and looks good, based on the mechanics that the author wrote and the pictures and flavor text of those characters. You then must go throught the steps of creating the character. You might add in your own homebrew mechanics or change some roleplaying aspects that you don't like. Of course, you might also mess up some of the math or misunderstand the mechanics. Once you are finished, you can then play the RPG. You may find that it is just as you expected, but you might also find that the character didn't turn out as you had hoped. You could go back and rework the character, or you might make something comepletely new. The point is, you need those rules to make the food/play the RPG as the author intended it. You could also make up your own recipe/game rules, but it might not turn out as good as it would have with the cookbook/rulebook, because the author of that book has had a lot more experience than you at making the food/game rules taste good/be fun. The rulebook may be dry, but that's because it isn't the game by itself. There is some effort involved, in any game, to actually play the game instead of just reading a book. [/QUOTE]

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