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I wouldn't call it humility, but I freely admit that there are many games besides the different incarnations of D&D that are better suited mechanically for role playing.

Your statement "There is nothing, nothing, that enables roleplaying in D&D" is still wrong.

Now, I feel the group (GM plus other players) are a far more important element than rules. No matter how well suited a game might be to Role Playing, if no one in the group can do more than stammer out 'hit the orc' then that first player's experience for role playing is going to be poor regardless of rule set you are using, no matter how ever many background charts are used.
Likewise, even if the rules are more mechanically suited for roll playing, a good story telling GM with group interested in it will be far superior RP experience.

I also have more respect for most newer players than to say that a new player must judge all role playing games and the hobby as a whole based solely on their first experience.

I'm not sure what you mean with the second half of your sentence going on from "and that many ..."

Or Australians, and many other places.

You are very dogmatic about this.

Like there are many ways to write a novel, or tell a tale, not every story or background must be done via step 1 to step x in a fixed proscribed way.

The player is more important than the rule system.

If you lack the creative ability to role play with different systems (even the different flavours of D&D) it does not mean no one else in the world can either. Your limitations are not everyone elses.


I dont think RPG net is the biggest community. One of big ones yes.
http://www.enworld.org/index.php?page=rpgmap

I like it. It's a random board game, not a RPG, and fun for what it is. It could be a good entry game into RPGs though for people who wouldn't otherwise try them.

It wouldnt replace my RPG sessions, but makes a nice break when no one has energy to DM.

I like a co-operatve multiplayer game too.

I enjoy playing with my young daughter with it too - its easy.

I think the only way will be you to level up a tank and run it yourself.

Umm these sources seems to be blogs and opinion sites not research studies. http://www.rense.com in particular shouldn't be mistaken for amore than a tabloid type news site.

In short they seem to add up to "We can't rule out the possibility of risk," Nottingham's Challis says." All Better safe than sorry stuff.

I could find as many link supporting the the moon landing hoax thoery. Its not enough to have a web page to support your viewpoint

A more scholarly link would be http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/f...isk/cellphones which has references, more detailed descriptions of thier studies etc.

Yay !

/cleartray is my friend after respecs

I agree.

Considering it would cost me closer to $3000 to go to the convention, not counting accommodation, plus the cost of taking time off, $200 would seem cheap in comparison if I wanted it badly enough.

Same. My mental image was it was much more important