> <<Sadly though, we're not allowed to play that way anymore. Where have you
> been? Liking combat is unenlightened...and actually wanting your character to
> grow and develope and become...*gasp*...more powerful...sacrilege!>>
>
> I haven't a clue where you get this from. HW will certainly allow you to
> do all of this...
>
> << Please just open your package with the pre-gen vegaterian midwife character
> in it, read it, and start talking in a high voice...>>
>
> Actually, one of the complaints levelled against HW is that it makes it
> difficult to play those sorts of characters if you *do* want to. And as for
> 'pre-gen' what has that to do with HW?
Sorry, I wasn't referring to HW above, just to a certain type of gaming
style...