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<blockquote data-quote="Azazyll" data-source="post: 1478033" data-attributes="member: 4367">To all those who bitch about roleplaying:We've heard you.&nbsp; We know how to roleplay.&nbsp; Acting high and mighty and pretending that you are superior gamers is getting old.&nbsp; Yes, I love RPGs, no I don't ever play computer RPGs, I like roleplaying, I act in character, I take hits in the stats to play cool characters yadayadayada.&nbsp; Allright, we all agree the game needs roleplaying.&nbsp; But if all you wanted to do was roleplay, go write a book with your friends.&nbsp; We have dice and rules in the game too.&nbsp; It's a combination of roleplaying and hack and slash with dice.&nbsp; That's why it's so fun, it combines both, and the roleplaying encourages the rules to go certain ways, and the rules encourage the roleplaying to go in certain ways, and both are more creative and enjoyable for it.&nbsp; No one side is inherently superior to the other.&nbsp; The dynamic mix is what makes the game so fun.&nbsp; When I pick up a new book and look at the crunch and the fluff, I like to see how they interact, what things I wouldn't have thought of, what I would change, and what COOL NEW IDEAS I get from the way they decided to represent the rules.For instance, I hate the barbarian's fluff.&nbsp; As if all barbaric peoples are raging speedy damage absorption engines.&nbsp; I'd rather they called it the rager, allowed the lawful alignment, and put something in there about religious zealots, which the class can just as easily represent.&nbsp; A flagellent who mortifies his flesh, building up an immunity to pain and the ability to fly into ecstatic abandon while receiving visions of his deity.I would never have come up with that without the rules being there.&nbsp; It has nothing to do with the background.&nbsp; I would of course tweak the rules, it doesn't fit perfectly.&nbsp; But the rules inspired me, the mechanics, and promoted good roleplaying.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Azazyll, post: 1478033, member: 4367"] To all those who bitch about roleplaying: We've heard you. We know how to roleplay. Acting high and mighty and pretending that you are superior gamers is getting old. Yes, I love RPGs, no I don't ever play computer RPGs, I like roleplaying, I act in character, I take hits in the stats to play cool characters yadayadayada. Allright, we all agree the game needs roleplaying. But if all you wanted to do was roleplay, go write a book with your friends. We have dice and rules in the game too. It's a combination of roleplaying and hack and slash with dice. That's why it's so fun, it combines both, and the roleplaying encourages the rules to go certain ways, and the rules encourage the roleplaying to go in certain ways, and both are more creative and enjoyable for it. No one side is inherently superior to the other. The dynamic mix is what makes the game so fun. When I pick up a new book and look at the crunch and the fluff, I like to see how they interact, what things I wouldn't have thought of, what I would change, and what COOL NEW IDEAS I get from the way they decided to represent the rules. For instance, I hate the barbarian's fluff. As if all barbaric peoples are raging speedy damage absorption engines. I'd rather they called it the rager, allowed the lawful alignment, and put something in there about religious zealots, which the class can just as easily represent. A flagellent who mortifies his flesh, building up an immunity to pain and the ability to fly into ecstatic abandon while receiving visions of his deity. I would never have come up with that without the rules being there. It has nothing to do with the background. I would of course tweak the rules, it doesn't fit perfectly. But the rules inspired me, the mechanics, and promoted good roleplaying. [/QUOTE]

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