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D&D General Ranking the Pillars of Play
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clearstream
(He, Him)
There is a bard out there somewhere, who is on a SnarfQuest.
Vaalingrade
Legend
Eh, we don't care about his attempts to kill us. We just alter him up a nice memory of killing us and send him on his way.
clearstream
(He, Him)
You can't mean... Snarf is already dead!!!??
Oofta
Legend
I voted social > combat > exploration, but it really depends on definition of what exploration means. If I'm running a murder mystery it seems to bounce between social and trying to resolve secrets which kind of equates to exploration. On the other hand I've never found traditional dungeon or hex crawls all that interesting. I like them now and then as a change of pace but not as the centerpiece of most games.
I agree that social aspects of the game are very rules light, but that's kind of my preference. I'd rather just make judgement calls on overall social standing than have a set of rules. The problem I've seen in the past is that if you have rules about how this stuff works (especially transparent systems) the social interaction becomes akin to a tactical mini-game.
I voted social over combat because while it's rare, there are times when entire sessions with no combat. I do try to balance it out, but once again I like the variety. You never know when that negotiation is going to go south but there are also times when you can avoid combat altogether if you just talk.
I agree that social aspects of the game are very rules light, but that's kind of my preference. I'd rather just make judgement calls on overall social standing than have a set of rules. The problem I've seen in the past is that if you have rules about how this stuff works (especially transparent systems) the social interaction becomes akin to a tactical mini-game.
I voted social over combat because while it's rare, there are times when entire sessions with no combat. I do try to balance it out, but once again I like the variety. You never know when that negotiation is going to go south but there are also times when you can avoid combat altogether if you just talk.
el-remmen
Moderator Emeritus
Maybe. I may be the exception, but I am a DM who loves combat.
payn
He'll flip ya...Flip ya for real...
I know some people care for this, but I can totally leave it. I don't care about crafting, slow healing, shopping, building a house, training level ups, etc... Lets get to the action already!
ad_hoc
(they/them)
I'm into all that but I want it to take 5 minutes.
One game I had a downtime action that could be taken during level up. Choose an action, roll dice, and then get a bonus. That added 5 minutes onto downtime. Wouldn't want more than that.
Levelling up does tend to take more time than I want it to. Ideally players would do it between sessions but in practice they don't.
payn
He'll flip ya...Flip ya for real...
I could probably live with that.
I moved to milestone leveling so it never happens mid-session anymore when I run the game.
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