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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Warpiglet-7" data-source="post: 9556946" data-attributes="member: 7025282">I genuinely believe if you enjoy what you are playing you are meeting “the goal.”  Period.However, I think it is perfectly clear that the authors of the recent editions favor the telling of stories that are not derived from emergent game play.I have been looking at some OSR games of late and the approach is starkly different.  In one they recommend a name and 1-2 sentence background and a distinguishing characteristic.  The game is lethal and you may not write the story you envisioned.I don’t think the authors of the edition would say emergent play is “wrong.”  But if they are coaching a new dm and players I do think their push is for “telling your story” and that refers to the character’s arc or whatever.It’s hr sandbox could help or hinder that I suppose; but the tenor of the new editions is very much one of assumed control over the story.I have loved 5e; it is possible to play a sandbox if you understand them and design them.  The same holds for 2024; however unless it is handed down from older players, it will simply become less common.Feature? Bug?  Your choice.  I have recently concluded that to scratch all of D&D itches, I will probably need to both play 5e and perhaps a retroclone.  As always the game is what you make of it.  If people don’t know the range of options they will mostly choose what gets pages in the DMG.</blockquote>

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