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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5647227" data-attributes="member: 22779">I guess this is probably where the difference lies.&nbsp; I have no problems separating out D&amp;D from what I play at my table.&nbsp; Like MarkCMG, my table might feature lots of combat, but, frequently doesn't and I like to encourage the non-combat side of things.&nbsp; But, to me, that's not what the question asked.&nbsp; It's not, &quot;Is your game about combat&quot; but &quot;Is D&amp;D about combat&quot;.&nbsp; To me, the latter question refers to D&amp;D the game, which, again to me, is pretty clearly about combat in the same way that an action movie is about action.The problem I have with genre novel comparisons is that D&amp;D is not a novel.&nbsp; While they might share elements, there's too many differences to make the comparison very valid.&nbsp; Novels aren't about combat because novels are an art form where the writer is telling a story with a larger meaning beyond the plot.&nbsp; This is rarely the point of playing D&amp;D.&nbsp; D&amp;D generally is not a morality tale, which a large amount of fantasy fiction is.&nbsp; Be that as it may, I'm probably not alone in reading something like Conan for the fight scenes.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5647227, member: 22779"] I guess this is probably where the difference lies. I have no problems separating out D&D from what I play at my table. Like MarkCMG, my table might feature lots of combat, but, frequently doesn't and I like to encourage the non-combat side of things. But, to me, that's not what the question asked. It's not, "Is [i]your[/i] game about combat" but "Is D&D about combat". To me, the latter question refers to D&D the game, which, again to me, is pretty clearly about combat in the same way that an action movie is about action. The problem I have with genre novel comparisons is that D&D is not a novel. While they might share elements, there's too many differences to make the comparison very valid. Novels aren't about combat because novels are an art form where the writer is telling a story with a larger meaning beyond the plot. This is rarely the point of playing D&D. D&D generally is not a morality tale, which a large amount of fantasy fiction is. Be that as it may, I'm probably not alone in reading something like Conan for the fight scenes. :D [/QUOTE]

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