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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9239086" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Ah, the old "It's popular and a lot of people play it but I don't personally like it so I'm going to imply it's crap!"So I've noticed you still haven't ever answered [USER=48965]@Imaro[/USER]'s question - what specifically do you think D&D should cover that it doesn't?No game can cover absolutely everything unless it's purely a toolset for building games.  So no, I don't think D&D needs to give explicit instructions for all possible scenarios.   When it comes to areas that aren't covered, there is a chapter in the DMG Dungeon Master's Workshop.  It could be improved, like everything else in the DMG, but it is there.  I've never experienced these huge gaps others see, not when I DM or play.  If you need something that's not provided it's likely quite a niche, which is one of the reasons why 3PP is well supported.For example D&D has never had a good mass combat system because it's focused on a small team of PCs.  I don't think it's really a flaw that they don't have it when there simply isn't a good way of melding the two.  If you want mass combat, use a different system.  D&D is flexible but it is not infinitely flexible.  It covers a broader set of scenarios and themes than many games but it can't cover every scenario.  If it doesn't do something you expect, I don't think it's the book's fault.There's a Perkins down the street from me.  It serves a wide variety of food, But you can't get a taco there.  They serve a wider variety of foods, at about the same quality you'll get at that price point, at a lot of restaurants.  Is it the best restaurant for a steak?  Not for me, I wouldn't bother.  But when I've been on the road I actually like to get the roast beef sometimes because I can get a side of veggies, something sorely missing in a lot of menus.  Heck you can even get a burger with a bowl of soup, which is nice because I don't care for fries very often.  I don't complain about Perkins not having burritos any more than I think it's an issue that D&D doesn't have mass combat rules or only gives general guidelines for how to handle things that are outside of the box.  I don't think anybody is particularly confused about what D&D is, if they are there are plenty of actual play streams out there to watch which is better than including it in a book that you have to buy to figure out it's not the game for you.</blockquote>

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