D&D General Which Sacred Cow Will Be The Last To Slaughter?

[DND_Reborn]

I voted races (or lineage, culture, whatever you want to call it...). Even in a classless game, you always have to be something, after all.

Otherwise, plenty of games exist without levels, classes, hit points, alignments, xp, and so on. But I have to wonder will D&D be "D&D" without them???

The DM will never go (even if it becomes a computer, or each player somehow taking a turn running the game, etc.). You will always need some form of entity in charge. Otherwise it is not really an RPG IMO.

 

[Fenris-77]

Knowing my luck?

Bards.

But I will keep pushing that rock up the hill, because doggonit, we should all look forward to a life of happiness, puppy dogs, and no bards.

Do you armor your warhorse with just Ing then? Asking for a friend...

 

[Malmuria]

• Ability Scores, Classes, Hit Points, Levels, The DM: these will never be removed and there's no inclination at all in recent products that they would be removed. Though, there are OSR games that remove classes, ability scores, or think differently about hit points
• Races: will (hopefully) be modified, or split into cultures, but probably will not be removed
• XP: probably a lot of people use milestone leveling now, but "XP" is familiar from video games, so a reason to keep it
• Vancian Magic: if they were bold, they would remove this, but they are not bold

Honestly, I don't really see the purpose of this thread. Not only is it not inevitable that they would remove any of these "sacred cows," I don't see anything in recent history that suggests the game going in the direction of removing any of the above, except maybe...

... • Alignment: oh, that's what's this thread is really about...

 

[payn]

Dice.

 

[J.Quondam]

Other:
"Mmmmm... Sacred barbecue. Mmmmmm...."

 

[Blue Orange]

Getting rid of the DM would change the game the most--someone has to prepare and run it. The others have all been dispensed with in various other RPGs; I think there are a few indie RPGs with no game master (I think InSpectres?) but it's not a popular choice.

 

[Deset Gled]

Dice.

Came here to say this.

D30 is already dead. I suspect d12 will be next, followed by d4. But d6 and d20 will outlive us all.

 

[Reynard]

While I myself voted for DM to go last, there are a number of very well received games that have eliminate the role of DM -- Ironsworn being the most prominent example.

 

[DND_Reborn]

While I myself voted for DM to go last, there are a number of very well received games that have eliminate the role of DM -- Ironsworn being the most prominent example.

Interesting, I've never heard of it, but I just downloaded the free pdf so I'll check it out.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Came here to say this.

D30 is already dead. I suspect d12 will be next, followed by d4. But d6 and d20 will outlive us all.

Naw.

the d30 was always the comeliness of dice.

The other dice have remained. And the d12? That is the KING OF DICE! All hail the d12, the Rich Man's d20.