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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 8122315" data-attributes="member: 18182">Old school design, where characters have much less options . . . it's not pointlessly rigid and narrow. You're confusing &quot;what I don't like&quot; with &quot;bad design&quot;.If old school design isn't for you, fantastic. But it emphasizes different aspects of the D&amp;D hobby that some folks do enjoy. If each time you play a fighter, your character abilities are mostly the same you have to differentiate your characters with . . . wait for it . . . ROLE PLAYING. Not that you can't role play in modern D&amp;D with it's plethora of character options, you certainly can. But in old school D&amp;D, you are kind of forced to engage your creativity muscles a little more if you want your character to feel unique and fully realized.To have a preference for modern games over old school games is fine, you're likely in the majority. But to categorize an entire (sub)genre of games as &quot;pointlessly rigid and narrow&quot; lacks vision and an empathy that different folks like different things.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 8122315, member: 18182"] Old school design, where characters have much less options . . . it's not pointlessly rigid and narrow. You're confusing "[I]what I don't like[/I]" with "[I]bad design[/I]". If old school design isn't for you, fantastic. But it emphasizes different aspects of the D&D hobby that some folks do enjoy. If each time you play a fighter, your character abilities are mostly the same you have to differentiate your characters with . . . wait for it . . . ROLE PLAYING. Not that you can't role play in modern D&D with it's plethora of character options, you certainly can. But in old school D&D, you are kind of forced to engage your creativity muscles a little more if you want your character to feel unique and fully realized. To have a preference for modern games over old school games is fine, you're likely in the majority. But to categorize an entire (sub)genre of games as "[I]pointlessly rigid and narrow[/I]" lacks vision and an empathy that different folks like different things. [/QUOTE]

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