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<blockquote data-quote="Monayuris" data-source="post: 7957102" data-attributes="member: 6859536">You are waving a flag against an imaginary foe. There is nothing in OSR D&amp;D that encourages what you are saying.What you are stating is bad DM'ing which is a problem with every edition. &nbsp;My job as a DM is to be an impartial judge to provide an environment for adventure. The DM is not a storyteller. The DM is the impartial judge that allows the entire player group to be the story tellers. If you roll 3d6, the average is 10-11. A strength 10 fighter is probably a typical soldier in the US Army. A capable and skilled warrior. Your Danny DeVito argument is a strawman. In OSR D&amp;D a strength 10 fighter is perfectly fine and capable. In fact in OSR&nbsp; games your decisions as a player can more than make up for low ability scores.For example, I have a player running a fighter in my ACKS game (B/X derivative). The character is a badass... kicking butt, charging in, and tanking against the worst enemies. I asked the player, once.. what is the character's strength score. He says 12 which is a zero bonus. I was shocked. He played his character like a hero and was amazingly effective. It is how you play the character more than the numbers on the paper.Based on my meetup game experiences. OSR is alive and well. It is as good if not better experience than 5E D&amp;D for many people. It's not nostalgia. It is a prefered style of game.No problem. I sometimes get a little annoyed when preferences get presented as if they are facts. I try really hard to not talk in absolutes. I get that my game play style is not popular,&nbsp; but it doesn't deserve the attacks that are often brought upon it. I think it is unfair and I will often respond aggressively against such unfair attacks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Monayuris, post: 7957102, member: 6859536"] You are waving a flag against an imaginary foe. There is nothing in OSR D&D that encourages what you are saying. What you are stating is bad DM'ing which is a problem with every edition. My job as a DM is to be an impartial judge to provide an environment for adventure. The DM is not a storyteller. The DM is the impartial judge that allows the entire player group to be the story tellers. If you roll 3d6, the average is 10-11. A strength 10 fighter is probably a typical soldier in the US Army. A capable and skilled warrior. Your Danny DeVito argument is a strawman. In OSR D&D a strength 10 fighter is perfectly fine and capable. In fact in OSR games your decisions as a player can more than make up for low ability scores. For example, I have a player running a fighter in my ACKS game (B/X derivative). The character is a badass... kicking butt, charging in, and tanking against the worst enemies. I asked the player, once.. what is the character's strength score. He says 12 which is a zero bonus. I was shocked. He played his character like a hero and was amazingly effective. It is how you play the character more than the numbers on the paper. Based on my meetup game experiences. OSR is alive and well. It is as good if not better experience than 5E D&D for many people. It's not nostalgia. It is a prefered style of game. No problem. I sometimes get a little annoyed when preferences get presented as if they are facts. I try really hard to not talk in absolutes. I get that my game play style is not popular, but it doesn't deserve the attacks that are often brought upon it. I think it is unfair and I will often respond aggressively against such unfair attacks. [/QUOTE]

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