Unpopular opinions go here

[Lanefan]

PvP is fun, generates great stories, and is often the outcome of good roleplaying.

This might be the unpopular opinions thread but - in all seriousness - I for one agree with this opinion as stated.

 

[Aldarc]

The Rolling Stones are the worlds most overrated cover band.

Nah. Led Zeppelin is the world's most overrated cover band.

 

[Buzzqw]

The three DnD pillar are overrated. Exploration is futile, social is absolute a waste of time, PX is overrated.
The only things that's matter is to crush your enemies. See them driven before you. And to hear the lamentations of their women!

And kills or mate with some dragons....

BHH

 

[W'rkncacnter]

And kills or mate with some dragons....

found the bard

 

[aramis erak]

It's not. But it's an unpopular opinion, especially among the post-TSR crowd.

I like Cyclopedia, but find War Machine not nearly as useful in D&D as the Pendragon 4th Battle system is in Pendragon 3/4/5... nor the Battle rules in Dune (2d20), or L5R 5e (FFG NDS) are in those games.

 

[Alzrius]

D&D was never designed to tell a story, and even across successive edition changes, the game engine continues to reflect this. Describing playing D&D as "telling a collaborative story" is like describing woodworking as "the act of creating sawdust"; it treats the byproduct (which is what the "story" of D&D is) as if it were the goal.

 

[J.Quondam]

If you're rollling dice without the goal of creating a story, you're playing yahtzee, not D&D.

 

[innerdude]

• There are perspectives on roleplaying generally that are nearly impossible to fully conceive without abandoning D&D as your primary game of choice. But it's less about abandoning the system as it is about abandoning the ethos/mindset. There's a reason that "players on a power fantasy trip" / power gaming has remained a peripheral concern for the duration of the RPG hobby, and its because wargaming in general (from which D&D is derived) is largely embedded in an ethos where "power fantasy" is a locus / primary motivator of play. It is an essentially competitive impulse, to prove as a player that you are the superior planner and tactician relative to a situational opponent. Dungeoncrawling is just an extension of this competitive "power fantasy" impulse.
• Changing RPG systems is highly unlikely to result in an overall change in experience, relative to changing the underlying thought paradigms related to the exercise. (Something I believe Celebrim has noted on several fronts in these forums). Which is why PbtA specifically feels so much different in play relative to D&D. It's not that the overall schema of play is so radically different in setup and execution (obviously with some key notable differences in authority). It's more about the mindset the players are expected to adopt to achieve the system's goals.
• The way a character sheet presents a character to a player has radically more impact on a player's attitude toward the game in question than we want to admit.

 

[MGibster]

If you're rollling dice without the goal of creating a story, you're playing yahtzee, not D&D.

Many a dramatic narrative have I found within the dice cups of Yahtzee!

 

[payn]

Many a dramatic narrative have I found within the dice cups of Yahtzee!

Like the legend of Farkle?