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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andor" data-source="post: 2841631" data-attributes="member: 1879">Emphasis added.You state, above, that you do not, and cannot understand these things. Fine. You then go on to imply that because you cannot do it, no one can and there must be some other reason for it. False. I cannot benchpress 300 pounds, but I can turn on my tv and see that there are people capable of doing that. I cannot do trig in my head, but I know people who can. I can program in half a dozen languages and I know people to whom this is wizardry. I love to ride motorcycles and I know people who squeak in fear at the very thought. I am terrified of spiders yet I know people who keep them as pets. I can try to envision the thought processes of a being with a thousand year lifespan, and you apparently cannot. All people are not the same. We have different abilities, different loves and fears, different beliefs, different minds.It is a great glory of roleplaying that it can accomodate almost any desire. Whatever you want to do, can be done. Do you want to be a superhero? An angst filled creature of the night torn between hunger and remorse? A mysterious drifter who saves the small town from bandits? A mercenary slaying monsters for pay? An alien martial artist firing energy bolts from his eyes? A peasant turned warrior wandering with a group of friends to rid the world of evil and earn a paycheck? A space travelling powersuited imperial accountant? An anthropomorphic crocodile wizard struggliing to come to terms with a world run by mammals?Why are some of these good fun, and others bad fun? I don't like sports viedo games, but it does not crush my soul to see others play them. Finally if thinking like a gnome seems too alien to you I suggest you sit down and think about what it means to be a human living in a world with a definite divine presence. Not in the "I go to church and feel something' sense, but the 'I invited Thor to the wedding, so lay in a lot of mead' sense. Or to grow up knowing that a few years of magical study is all it takes to be able to turn yourself into a hawk, or a carp. Or to really believe in the divine right of kings.</blockquote>

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