Heh, ot was one O noted to get back to but skipped because in my heart I was against writing an essay hereJdvn1 said:Was this too open-ended a question?
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dcas said:
Col_Pladoh said:The original games of D&D and AD&D were about imagination, choosing an archetype to use as a vehicle for role-playing adventure, innovative play and PC group cooperation. The sole arbiter of such play was the DM, and rules lawyers were anethma in well-regulated grpups
If you do ever get to that essay, let us know!Col_Pladoh said:Heh, ot was one O noted to get back to but skipped because in my heart I was against writing an essay here
Current D&D, I think, is still a vehicle for role-playing adventure, innovative play, and PC group cooperation. (Though, I have no basis on which to compare any matter of degree) Were rules lawyers nonexistant in OD&D? If so, was this due to fewer or less precise rules, newness of the game, or some other factor?Col_Pladoh said:In a nutshell:
The original games of D&D and AD&D were about imagination, choosing an archetype to use as a vehicle for role-playing adventure, innovative play and PC group cooperation. The sole arbiter of such play was the DM, and rules lawyers were anethma in well-regulated groups
How amusing...haakon1 said:Yes, Master, yes. (said like Igor)
There is a simple answer to that. Allow only those willing to accept the concept into your campaign, play only with GMs that hold to that principle. I have no problem doing this myself.Korgoth said:
Of the more recent versions of the game I have played only 3E. It is rules intensive, removes the "Master" from Dungeon Master, has no archetypes left, encourages the players to compete for dominance, devalued magic items, and substitutes statutes in the rules for innovation.Jdvn1 said:If you do ever get to that essay, let us know!
Current D&D, I think, is still a vehicle for role-playing adventure, innovative play, and PC group cooperation. (Though, I have no basis on which to compare any matter of degree) Were rules lawyers nonexistant in OD&D? If so, was this due to fewer or less precise rules, newness of the game, or some other factor?
