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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8781641" data-attributes="member: 7023840">This isn't the point I was making. Instead, it really is just about the negative space of D&amp;D. What remains unsaid can be as important as what remains said. This has nothing to do with so-called skilled play, which isn't really a common style of play at all in 5e. Instead, it's about the understanding that D&amp;D is much more than the rules , and that a focus purely on the rules is to miss the point of D&amp;D. If someone, today, was to try and understand OD&amp;D (or 1e) purely by looking only at the core rules, they would likely come away with close to no understanding of the overall play of either system at the time. This has always been a truism of D&amp;D - what remains unsaid in the rules is just as important as what is said.In that way, D&amp;D more closely resembles a common law system than it does a prescribed civil law system. It is built up over time, through a constant conversation with the past and the present. It exists in a dialogue with both older versions of itself, with the community as a whole, as well as with the TTRPG field (given it has always been the market mover).For that reason, the constant refrain of, &quot;Oh, it's just the brand,&quot; misses the point completely.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8781641, member: 7023840"] This isn't the point I was making. Instead, it really is just about the [I]negative space [/I]of D&D. What remains unsaid can be as important as what remains said. This has nothing to do with so-called [I]skilled play[/I], which isn't really a common style of play at all in 5e. Instead, it's about the understanding that D&D is much more than the rules , and that a focus purely on the rules is to miss the point of D&D. If someone, today, was to try and understand OD&D (or 1e) purely by looking [I]only at the core rules[/I], they would likely come away with close to no understanding of the overall play of either system at the time. This has always been a truism of D&D - what remains unsaid in the rules is just as important as what is said. In that way, D&D more closely resembles a common law system than it does a prescribed civil law system. It is built up over time, through a constant conversation with the past and the present. It exists in a dialogue with both older versions of itself, with the community as a whole, as well as with the TTRPG field (given it has always been the market mover). For that reason, the constant refrain of, "Oh, it's just the brand," misses the point completely. [/QUOTE]

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