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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8508788" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p>5e can be run RAW a lot of different ways with a lot of different places you can put your gaming emphasis which will translate into different playstyle tones and feel.</p><p></p><p>The ones I listed for me are the areas I focus on as a DM to achieve my preferred playstyle preference, which was shaped heavily by B/X D&D.</p><p></p><p>Different people came out of a B/X background and prefer different aspects of the game from then.</p><p></p><p>For me thinking from the perspective of monsters when running interactions, going for immersive descriptions and roleplay, having the challenges be more player oriented than character mechanics are the big ones. I don't really care about xp for gold or high lethality or limited one shot spells for starting magic-users or intense resource management tracking.</p><p></p><p>For others those can be the big draws.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8508788, member: 2209"] 5e can be run RAW a lot of different ways with a lot of different places you can put your gaming emphasis which will translate into different playstyle tones and feel. The ones I listed for me are the areas I focus on as a DM to achieve my preferred playstyle preference, which was shaped heavily by B/X D&D. Different people came out of a B/X background and prefer different aspects of the game from then. For me thinking from the perspective of monsters when running interactions, going for immersive descriptions and roleplay, having the challenges be more player oriented than character mechanics are the big ones. I don't really care about xp for gold or high lethality or limited one shot spells for starting magic-users or intense resource management tracking. For others those can be the big draws. [/QUOTE]
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