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<blockquote data-quote="MoonSong" data-source="post: 6226804" data-attributes="member: 6689464">I don't entirely subscribe to Mercurious ideas, but I don't think this is a waste, or just another talky rant on defense of the OSR, what I read spoke to me of a very different thing, mostly that it doesn't matter if a game is old school or new school or non-school, as long as it sparks your imagination. For many folks less rules or more mysterious rules are more in therms of imagination (and up to a point I agree), in that way OSR resonates better with them. However up to that I agree, some people can use their imaginations better when they are fully unbound or only bound by little. (&quot;I want to be the best musician in the world!!&quot; &quot;no rule say you can't, go ahead&quot;), but not all of us are like that and that doesn't mean we are less creative (I would argue that in fact it could be the opposite, but have no actual evidence I can only suggest it) having a solid reference frame helps you get away with more stuff, in that regard we like those extra rules (&quot;let's challenge the BBEG to a cooking contest with the fate of the world as the stakes!!&quot; &quot;ok, cooking is a proficiency and both you and the BBEG are proficient let's roll with it&quot;).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MoonSong, post: 6226804, member: 6689464"] I don't entirely subscribe to Mercurious ideas, but I don't think this is a waste, or just another talky rant on defense of the OSR, what I read spoke to me of a very different thing, mostly that it doesn't matter if a game is old school or new school or non-school, as long as it sparks your imagination. For many folks less rules or more mysterious rules are more in therms of imagination (and up to a point I agree), in that way OSR resonates better with them. However up to that I agree, some people can use their imaginations better when they are fully unbound or only bound by little. ("I want to be the best musician in the world!!" "no rule say you can't, go ahead"), but not all of us are like that and that doesn't mean we are less creative (I would argue that in fact it could be the opposite, but have no actual evidence I can only suggest it) having a solid reference frame helps you get away with more stuff, in that regard we like those extra rules ("let's challenge the BBEG to a cooking contest with the fate of the world as the stakes!!" "ok, cooking is a proficiency and both you and the BBEG are proficient let's roll with it"). [/QUOTE]

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