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With Respect to the Door and Expectations....The REAL Reason 5e Can't Unite the Base
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<blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 5988244" data-attributes="member: 386"><p>I don't think it's ever really been a concern for me. I started with Moldvay Basic (B/X) and, without anyone to teach us the game, we went with what we knew: board games, especially Dungeon!. We carefully marked off turns, described the "board", etc. (We did allow PCs to "flip" d6s - basically re-rolling them - which was pretty important since almost everything was rolled on a d6. I think we did that after too many PCs died. Ah, poor Questor and Questor II. I will kill that mad hermit in B2 some day for you.)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I enjoy those features as well. However, I think that I see those as a way to add depth to what I want out of the game, instead of the game in itself. (I don't want to sound like I'm assuming that's what you do; I just want to clarify what I get out of RPGs by use of contrast.) </p><p></p><p>I use the details of the world to either a) set an interesting goal for my PC and then manipulate those details in order to achieve said goal (in games like D&D) or b) to add texture, depth, and a personal closeness to "problematic issues of human nature" that I find interesting (in most Forge-baked games).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LostSoul, post: 5988244, member: 386"] I don't think it's ever really been a concern for me. I started with Moldvay Basic (B/X) and, without anyone to teach us the game, we went with what we knew: board games, especially Dungeon!. We carefully marked off turns, described the "board", etc. (We did allow PCs to "flip" d6s - basically re-rolling them - which was pretty important since almost everything was rolled on a d6. I think we did that after too many PCs died. Ah, poor Questor and Questor II. I will kill that mad hermit in B2 some day for you.) I enjoy those features as well. However, I think that I see those as a way to add depth to what I want out of the game, instead of the game in itself. (I don't want to sound like I'm assuming that's what you do; I just want to clarify what I get out of RPGs by use of contrast.) I use the details of the world to either a) set an interesting goal for my PC and then manipulate those details in order to achieve said goal (in games like D&D) or b) to add texture, depth, and a personal closeness to "problematic issues of human nature" that I find interesting (in most Forge-baked games). [/QUOTE]
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