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Nothing says such differences can't be negative. Bring back some actual downsides in addition to the cool powers. Dwarves suffer from Gold Fever and can be consumed by greed. Elves cannot be ressurected AT ALL, ever. Halflings need twice the rations of a non-halfling. Like that.

Hence the "picking winners" thing that feels weird for WotC to do.

The example wasn't about the GM deciding a Thing must Happen. It was about a player deciding A Thing Must Happen, which is an act of agency but it trades later agency not just once, but continuously until The Thing Happens. By way of example, let's say you want to play The Princess Bride as an...

My contention is that during the process of play, something like "experience" fits better than "story."

Ironically, I think bigger cons tend to cater more to the D&D only crowd. In my experience with the three mid sized regional cons I do, there are always LOTS of choices. Not to say that there is not D&D, but it is hardly dominant.

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I am curious why you think Beyond might have such a dramatic effect on the size of the playerbase. Does anyone come to Beyond and THEN discover D&D?

I am not sure Beyond lifts any boats besides WotC's. It isn't going to draw new people into the hobby. It will probably help those 3rd parties who are allowed in (how much depending on the specifics of the license) but it is a closed system.

I need to get my events in for a convention coming up in April, and I am having a heck of a time settling on a thing. So I thought I would ask the hivemind and see if inspiration boils up from the depths. For anyone interested, the con is Rising Phoenix Game Con in Marlborough MA, April 23-26...

Wasn't the cartoon first, made specifically to sell the toys?

I agree that defining terms has value. But I don't think "correctness" has anything to do with it. Because of a long ingrained Literature education, when I use terms like "story" and "plot" I am coming from that perspective. I should have said that in the OP. It would at least have saved some...

That is why it is a discussion, not a committee to reach consensus.

I don't use Beyond and do not plan to. It feels bad that WotC is working to pick winners here, but but it is their platform and it is up to the 3rd parties to decide if they want to be a part of that. Whatchagonnado?

I wonder if they had the technical capacity to make it TTRPG Steam, would they?

I am curious who this is aimed at. As an 80s kid (born 1975) I have many fond memories of MotU. This trailer does not look much like that, and certainly doesn't feel aimed at GenX (which is totally fair, don't get me wrong). But does GenZ know or care about He-Man? Is their He-Man an Earth Boy?

I think it does, by definition. That is not the meaning of "plot" when talking about story. Plot is the sequence of events that make up the story. What you are talking about is setup or inciting incident.

Probably more accurate to say "appeals to." That will often invoke "similarity" but there must be differences for medium and presentation and so on. But one would be hard pressed to discount what was happening in fantasy aesthetics (including video games, but also paperback covers, animation and...

You seem to think that I said that there is no story in RPGs, which is not what I said. I said stories emerge from play, in the context of fiction and rules they are presented in. Part and parcel with that is whatever background is established for the starting point. The fall of the Netherese...

Since the very beginning of the hobby, D&D and computer/video games have had a recursive relationship. D&D spread on college campuses partly because of the nascent internet, and attempts to recreate the experience on computers followed quickly. Doom and DIablo were both based on creators' D&D...

Yes. But you said The Lord of the Rings, and that story begins and ends in Hobbiton.