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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8301832" data-attributes="member: 6796468">Not even remotely. And mostly for the reasons listed above.But players of 5e and D&D in general aren't "Only" going to branch out to other games because they get "Bored" of D&D or other systems are better at handling some things. They'll also branch out just out of curiosity. D&D has always been my staple game. Loved it since 2e. But I've also played Mutants and Masterminds, GURPS, Vampire the Masquerade and Werewolf the Apocalypse, 13th Age, Savage Worlds, Shadowrun, and Hackmaster at different times. I've taken stuff from various systems and kitbashed them together for different styles of games.And for some stuff, like Superheroes, 5e just won't cut it without massive system revisions. People who love D&D and love the Marvel Cinematic Universe are going to want to play Superheroes in a Tabletop game eventually. And oh, look. A Marvel Multiverse RPG comes out for them to play.It's how it is. How it's always been.But. Asking strangers looking to play D&D to instead play a game they don't know in a setting they're not particularly interested in? Bad idea. If you want to introduce players to your preferred TTRPG then you need to be their friend. Someone they wanna spend time with and who is interested in something "New" to their experience to try.It's a lot like relationships. You don't take a person you've only been on 1 date with meet your parents no matter how chill your parents are. You've gotta date 'em for a while before they're ready to make that move, in most cases. Now if you meet that special someone who wants to meet your parents after the first date and you're the kinda person who -wants- them to meet your parents after the first date: Hang onto them.Because you're both probably serial killers and if you reject them you will wind up in a duffel bag in the woods.</blockquote>

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