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"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." - Henry David Thoreau

A wise man once said...."RPGs aren't really games, they are activities". The quote comes from that beautiful mess of 5e recording from @SlyFlourish. I'm not sure who it was that actually said it. Calling them "games" causes.....problems.

I didn't read this, but it has "skills" in the headline. Skill checks are the worst. But Snarf....Snarf is the best. There should be "Snarf Checks". 🥹 Player: I want to do this thing....rolls...fails Player: SNARF CHECK!!! DM: Son of a...... I'm still working on the details. B-)

If i had never played an RPG before and reached out to a forum to get some insight.....i'd never play an RPG.

Oh how well you know us.

I like my steak ground up...on a roll...with cheese, lettuce & tomato.

@SlyFlourish suggests being the players (characters?) biggest fan. One would assume that any prep is in service to the relationship that exists in the current game between the DM and the players. After playing together long enough the DM should be able to predict (at least a little bit) how...

I plan until my players ruin the plan. Then i adlib until i forget what it was i libbed. Then i go back to see where we were in my plan. Then i eat what's left of the chips and then i take nap. Then when next week comes around I ask someone for a recap....and i just go with what they say.

Planning is just ad-libbing ahead of time. ;)

It's just a fun narrative quirk. If it doesn't work with your group.....don't use it. 🤷‍♂️

It's cultural. Kender society has no concept of ownership. The fact that the rest of us think that the things we have aren't for everyone is a non issue. It's a lot like people who have no filter and say whatever comes to mind. It's just how they are. I don't think its that the Kender aren't...

It’s usually giving voice to my thoughts that get me in trouble.

I think the value of a PCs backstory is directly proportional to where the player is in their life when they write it. Obviously this wouldn't be true of all players as nothing is ever true of all players. The edgy teen wants to be seen as a bad arse from the first drop. They want you to...

Is it possible were all overthinking this? :unsure:

"Ism's in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself.".....Ferris Bueller

It was about 20 years later that my DM learned that his "house rules" were the actual rules.

Thankfully this conversation is on the rails. ;)

How sensitive anyone is to anything varies considerably.

What happens when playstyles cross paths? Do you just shut down the game?

That seems like a petty thing to do. I didn't even know it was a thing that could be done. :unsure: Play the game the way you like....that's what I was saying.