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<blockquote data-quote="marune" data-source="post: 4030243" data-attributes="member: 18243">Joke aside, not having mechanical support for out-of-combat situation with NPCs don't directly says if the game support or not a simulationist gameplay.For example, Burning Wheel, a mainly narrativist game, have more detailed skills that any version of D&amp;D.However, the design of 4E clearly says that the most important thing in the D&amp;D game is combat, which IMHO was always true for D&amp;D. Many others features of the design also say that D&amp;D is mainly a gamist RPG not a simulationist one (as it was also the case for past editions IMHO).Saying that D&amp;D is mainly a combat-centered gamist RPG doesn't mean that world building must be rejected completely.To make those numerous combat interesting in such a RPG, of course we need to have a rich detailed setting/theme/genre around.We just need to remember that this &quot;imagined world&quot; must not come into the way of well-designed challenges. For example, it's okay to choose monsters for an encounter based on the terrain/climate, but only after having restricted the search to the appropriate CR / level.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="marune, post: 4030243, member: 18243"] Joke aside, not having mechanical support for out-of-combat situation with NPCs don't directly says if the game support or not a simulationist gameplay. For example, [I]Burning Wheel[/I], a mainly narrativist game, have more detailed skills that any version of D&D. However, the design of 4E clearly says that the most important thing in the D&D game is combat, which IMHO was always true for D&D. Many others features of the design also say that D&D is mainly a gamist RPG not a simulationist one (as it was also the case for past editions IMHO). Saying that D&D is mainly a combat-centered gamist RPG doesn't mean that world building must be rejected completely. To make those numerous combat interesting in such a RPG, of course we need to have a rich detailed setting/theme/genre around. We just need to remember that this "imagined world" must not come into the way of well-designed challenges. For example, it's okay to choose monsters for an encounter based on the terrain/climate, but only after having restricted the search to the appropriate CR / level. [/QUOTE]

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