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<blockquote data-quote="bloodtide" data-source="post: 5897065" data-attributes="member: 6684958">This is a great example.&nbsp; When I was a kid we did not have such ''lowly grade level'' books to read.&nbsp; What did I read as a kid?&nbsp; Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit.&nbsp; Edgar Rice Burrows.&nbsp; Issac Asimov.&nbsp; And all the books we would now call 'classics' like the works of Mark Twain, 1984 or Uncle Tom's Cabin.&nbsp; I had read most of them before I was even a teen.&nbsp; Sure, I read Bunnica(the vampire bunny that only eats vegetables) when I was like six.&nbsp; But well before the time I was ten, I was reading 'adult' fiction.My generation did not have Harry Potter, Twilight or any of the other current popular fiction that ''talks down to kids on their level''.&nbsp; I was reading Gulliver's Travels as a kid, a book that I'll bet that few under the age of twenty have read(unless 'forced' to in school).I loved the feeling of 'rising above kid status' you got when you read 'adult' books.&nbsp; Even as a kid, I could talk to and impress an adult, by talking about an 'adult' novel.&nbsp; I loved the feeling of 'growing into the adult world' through books.&nbsp; But kids today, just want to 'wallow in the kid mud'.&nbsp; All the kiddie stuff put out today is just so much fluff....at best.And I think D&amp;D should be the same...have that old 'lifting up your status' feeling.&nbsp; Maybe WotC could put out TWO D&amp;D rule books?&nbsp; Like a 'basic set' for the kiddies and an advanced set for the adults?&nbsp; Radical Idea that has never been done before, right?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bloodtide, post: 5897065, member: 6684958"] This is a great example. When I was a kid we did not have such ''lowly grade level'' books to read. What did I read as a kid? Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit. Edgar Rice Burrows. Issac Asimov. And all the books we would now call 'classics' like the works of Mark Twain, 1984 or Uncle Tom's Cabin. I had read most of them before I was even a teen. Sure, I read Bunnica(the vampire bunny that only eats vegetables) when I was like six. But well before the time I was ten, I was reading 'adult' fiction. My generation did not have Harry Potter, Twilight or any of the other current popular fiction that ''talks down to kids on their level''. I was reading Gulliver's Travels as a kid, a book that I'll bet that few under the age of twenty have read(unless 'forced' to in school). I loved the feeling of 'rising above kid status' you got when you read 'adult' books. Even as a kid, I could talk to and impress an adult, by talking about an 'adult' novel. I loved the feeling of 'growing into the adult world' through books. But kids today, just want to 'wallow in the kid mud'. All the kiddie stuff put out today is just so much fluff....at best. And I think D&D should be the same...have that old 'lifting up your status' feeling. Maybe WotC could put out TWO D&D rule books? Like a 'basic set' for the kiddies and an advanced set for the adults? Radical Idea that has never been done before, right? [/QUOTE]

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