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<blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 8513802" data-attributes="member: 59816"><p>I think I'll do the comparison post too. For context, I played 1e once or twice in 1985 and then bought 2e the day it released in 1989 and I've played D&D as often as I possibly can ever since. I've owned a comic and game store since 1993, and it's been part of my job to teach people to play, so I've played a LOT of D&D with a LOT of people and I've switched to whatever edition is current as they've dropped (usually with playtest material). A lot of that probably makes me an outlier in itself.</p><p></p><p>That said, here goes:</p><p></p><p>I used to do that with my "home" group. These days we switch off running the published adventures. Because there are so many of them, we do them as fast as possible to get to the next one (modifying and skipping stuff to get them done with so we can do the next one.) We've missed a few, because they come out too fast for that to be realistic.</p><p></p><p>I also run one-shots and mini-campaigns at the store (though not in the last two years).</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, for sure. I didn't start running written adventures at all until 4e. I've never minded 4e, but the adventures were pretty terrible (in general) so some of them needed a lot of tweaking.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I haven't gone back. That's not entirely true - my only experience with "Classic" adventures like Tomb of Horrors or Isle of Dread are from 4e or 5e conversions - the WotC conversions (I've never converted anything, but I could easily do it. I wouldn't even bother prepping it, because I could convert it on the fly from how loosely I've always run adventures).</p><p></p><p></p><p>I get what you mean, and if I ran anything on my 2e homebrew world anymore, I'd have a list of what's around on that world (I'd have to homebrew a few races too). But I just play FR these days, and I don't care enough about the setting to restrict anything. I can work whatever my players want. (I also don't mind "refluffing" so they can play something using the rules mechanics of something else, if that makes sense. </p><p></p><p>For some reason we almost never multiclass. I don't disallow it, just no one ever bothers. It's probably because I rarely play high enough levels. My favorite D&D is around level 5, give or take. It's why I don't mind starting over at level one regularly.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I agree. I create problems for the players to solve, and I never have any solution in mind.</p><p></p><p>I like combat to be pretty cinematic. I personally prefer it to be grounded in a certain gritty "realism" (though I have a broad view of what is realistic - real life people can do some amazing things).</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not quite sure what you mean here. </p><p></p><p>I agree with this. It's not my job to solve the problems, just create them. I am open to whatever they want to try, though.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Nah. I ain't got brain space for that. I say "level up" whenever it feels like it's been long enough, or at conclusions of story arcs.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I've been playing with my home group on MSTeams for two years and I can't stand it. (I run PBP games here, though, and that's fun, but that's more about keeping myself writing and playing as much as I can). I've quite DMing during that time because I can't bring myself to care about the game enough to run it. I'm not as good of a player online either. I just don't like it. I haven't run a game at my shop in that time either. It sucks.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Me too! I much prefer to make unique magic items than use the usual ones.</p><p></p><p>Travel and exploration I do. Resource management, no. I got sick and tired of auditing players that couldn't be bothered so I gave up. (In a perfect world I would keep it, but I find that most people think of resource management as a chore, and we're here to have fun, so I dropped it). </p><p></p><p></p><p>Players can contribute to world building whenever they like. I'm open to good ideas.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't care about alignment at all. I do care about consistency of character. If you can explain to me <em>why</em> your character does what they do, and it sounds like a person, complexities and all, then I'm good. I tend to understand my NPCs as people. If someone wants to know someone's alignment, I guess I could figure it out, but I think of it "backwards" to how I expect most people do.</p><p></p><p>Yeah, I run long combats with a lot of moving parts. Sometimes I wish I would run shorter ones. It's a lot of work.</p><p></p><p>I don't think I disagree, but it should be fun first. (As an aside, I once had a player who got mad every time his character was ever challenged <em>at all</em> - if he didn't feel like he was "winning" 110% of the time, he grew frustrated. THAT kind of player I can live without, because I personally find that the best times are a challenge where just when you start to doubt that you will succeed, you do. Triumphant feeling. But I recognize that whole "different strokes for different folks" thing.)</p><p></p><p>As far as diversity of players goes, well, I've played with many hundreds of people. Not a lot of POC (a few, but sadly not representative of the diversity of where I live), but plenty of women and LGBTQ+ players. My home group is all male and all white, sadly (though not all straight, but mostly). Most of us are in our mid-to-late 40's too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FitzTheRuke, post: 8513802, member: 59816"] I think I'll do the comparison post too. For context, I played 1e once or twice in 1985 and then bought 2e the day it released in 1989 and I've played D&D as often as I possibly can ever since. I've owned a comic and game store since 1993, and it's been part of my job to teach people to play, so I've played a LOT of D&D with a LOT of people and I've switched to whatever edition is current as they've dropped (usually with playtest material). A lot of that probably makes me an outlier in itself. That said, here goes: I used to do that with my "home" group. These days we switch off running the published adventures. Because there are so many of them, we do them as fast as possible to get to the next one (modifying and skipping stuff to get them done with so we can do the next one.) We've missed a few, because they come out too fast for that to be realistic. I also run one-shots and mini-campaigns at the store (though not in the last two years). Yeah, for sure. I didn't start running written adventures at all until 4e. I've never minded 4e, but the adventures were pretty terrible (in general) so some of them needed a lot of tweaking. I haven't gone back. That's not entirely true - my only experience with "Classic" adventures like Tomb of Horrors or Isle of Dread are from 4e or 5e conversions - the WotC conversions (I've never converted anything, but I could easily do it. I wouldn't even bother prepping it, because I could convert it on the fly from how loosely I've always run adventures). I get what you mean, and if I ran anything on my 2e homebrew world anymore, I'd have a list of what's around on that world (I'd have to homebrew a few races too). But I just play FR these days, and I don't care enough about the setting to restrict anything. I can work whatever my players want. (I also don't mind "refluffing" so they can play something using the rules mechanics of something else, if that makes sense. For some reason we almost never multiclass. I don't disallow it, just no one ever bothers. It's probably because I rarely play high enough levels. My favorite D&D is around level 5, give or take. It's why I don't mind starting over at level one regularly. I agree. I create problems for the players to solve, and I never have any solution in mind. I like combat to be pretty cinematic. I personally prefer it to be grounded in a certain gritty "realism" (though I have a broad view of what is realistic - real life people can do some amazing things). I'm not quite sure what you mean here. I agree with this. It's not my job to solve the problems, just create them. I am open to whatever they want to try, though. Nah. I ain't got brain space for that. I say "level up" whenever it feels like it's been long enough, or at conclusions of story arcs. I've been playing with my home group on MSTeams for two years and I can't stand it. (I run PBP games here, though, and that's fun, but that's more about keeping myself writing and playing as much as I can). I've quite DMing during that time because I can't bring myself to care about the game enough to run it. I'm not as good of a player online either. I just don't like it. I haven't run a game at my shop in that time either. It sucks. Me too! I much prefer to make unique magic items than use the usual ones. Travel and exploration I do. Resource management, no. I got sick and tired of auditing players that couldn't be bothered so I gave up. (In a perfect world I would keep it, but I find that most people think of resource management as a chore, and we're here to have fun, so I dropped it). Players can contribute to world building whenever they like. I'm open to good ideas. I don't care about alignment at all. I do care about consistency of character. If you can explain to me [I]why[/I] your character does what they do, and it sounds like a person, complexities and all, then I'm good. I tend to understand my NPCs as people. If someone wants to know someone's alignment, I guess I could figure it out, but I think of it "backwards" to how I expect most people do. Yeah, I run long combats with a lot of moving parts. Sometimes I wish I would run shorter ones. It's a lot of work. I don't think I disagree, but it should be fun first. (As an aside, I once had a player who got mad every time his character was ever challenged [I]at all[/I] - if he didn't feel like he was "winning" 110% of the time, he grew frustrated. THAT kind of player I can live without, because I personally find that the best times are a challenge where just when you start to doubt that you will succeed, you do. Triumphant feeling. But I recognize that whole "different strokes for different folks" thing.) As far as diversity of players goes, well, I've played with many hundreds of people. Not a lot of POC (a few, but sadly not representative of the diversity of where I live), but plenty of women and LGBTQ+ players. My home group is all male and all white, sadly (though not all straight, but mostly). Most of us are in our mid-to-late 40's too. [/QUOTE]
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