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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9377184" data-attributes="member: 6801845">There were killer DMs and killer dungeon modules back in the day.&nbsp;&nbsp; We never played Tomb of Annihilation because it just wasn't what we wanted out of the game ... just because an option is available doesn't mean it was ubiquitous. Maybe you played where you hired a bunch of henchmen to act as cannon fodder, were using a 10 foot pole to test the ground ahead of you for every deadly trap but it's something I never experienced in longer term games.What you term &quot;old school&quot; games was a more prevalent option.&nbsp; But just like today, there was never a monolithic one true way of playing.&nbsp; Want to play high lethality game in 5E?&nbsp; No problem.&nbsp; Want to play a relatively low lethality game with zero house rules back in OD&amp;D or AD&amp;D? Every game I ever played was like that unless it was a one-shot.&nbsp; To say that the majority of people simply ignored the rules or had significant house rules is missing the forest that we, and every group I was involved with, played in because you were trapped in the forest you personally chose.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 9377184, member: 6801845"] There were killer DMs and killer dungeon modules back in the day. We never played Tomb of Annihilation because it just wasn't what we wanted out of the game ... just because an option is available doesn't mean it was ubiquitous. Maybe you played where you hired a bunch of henchmen to act as cannon fodder, were using a 10 foot pole to test the ground ahead of you for every deadly trap but it's something I never experienced in longer term games. What you term "old school" games[I] was [/I]a more prevalent option. But just like today, there was never a monolithic one true way of playing. Want to play high lethality game in 5E? No problem. Want to play a relatively low lethality game with zero house rules back in OD&D or AD&D? Every game I ever played was like that unless it was a one-shot. To say that the majority of people simply ignored the rules or had significant house rules is missing the forest that we, and every group I was involved with, played in because you were trapped in the forest you personally chose. [/QUOTE]

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