Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
GMs: Guiding Morals in GMing
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 8982046" data-attributes="member: 4937"><p>I don't think there has been any culture change in the editions at all. The only culture change is in individual members of the community changing how they think of the game. The idea that a campaign can't specifically revolve around the backstories and goals of the player characters or didn't specifically revolve around character driven play in 2e or even back in 1e is just ahistorical nonsense. It has always been up to the participants in play to decide that and never to the system. </p><p></p><p>Consider the template for storytelling and adventure provided by "Dragonlance". Clearly play at the time could be character driven. But it wasn't like "Dragonlance" even introduced the concept. "Dragonlance" was just an attempt to record the style of play that already existed at many tables. Play in the group I was in during the early 90's using 1e AD&D rules was largely character driven and was decided by the backstories and goals of the player characters. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The campaign could be played in 1e AD&D, Pathfinder, or anything else. That the plot threads can be character driven has absolutely nothing to do with the system.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 8982046, member: 4937"] I don't think there has been any culture change in the editions at all. The only culture change is in individual members of the community changing how they think of the game. The idea that a campaign can't specifically revolve around the backstories and goals of the player characters or didn't specifically revolve around character driven play in 2e or even back in 1e is just ahistorical nonsense. It has always been up to the participants in play to decide that and never to the system. Consider the template for storytelling and adventure provided by "Dragonlance". Clearly play at the time could be character driven. But it wasn't like "Dragonlance" even introduced the concept. "Dragonlance" was just an attempt to record the style of play that already existed at many tables. Play in the group I was in during the early 90's using 1e AD&D rules was largely character driven and was decided by the backstories and goals of the player characters. The campaign could be played in 1e AD&D, Pathfinder, or anything else. That the plot threads can be character driven has absolutely nothing to do with the system. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
GMs: Guiding Morals in GMing
Top