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Just One More Thing: The Power of "No" in Design (aka, My Fun, Your Fun, and BadWrongFun)
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<blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 7888137" data-attributes="member: 6775477"><p>For the most part, I agree with your long and rambling post (welcome to the old man club). You can simply shorten almost everything you've said into: "bloat has killed prior editions; 5E has done an excellent job of keeping bloat minimal. We should not advocate for an increase in bloat."</p><p></p><p>This is actually the greatest success of 5E. It has a solid chassis that can be manipulated to great extents to maximize your group's entertainment without affecting other groups. Prior editions lived and died by RAW, and 5E has tossed RAW into the garbage can (where it belongs IMO). The fact that the DM's Guild exists shows that 5E officially supports and encourages houserules, homebrew, and 3PP.</p><p></p><p>This may be a harsh reality check to some people (especially former 3E and Pathfinder players IME), but that is the reality of 5E. You are free to play by RAW, but you are not expected to do so. There is official support for people to create and share aspects of the game that WotC has not yet addressed (within set rules, limiting new settings). This is WotC solution to bloat: if groups want it, they can have it, but it will not done by them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shiroiken, post: 7888137, member: 6775477"] For the most part, I agree with your long and rambling post (welcome to the old man club). You can simply shorten almost everything you've said into: "bloat has killed prior editions; 5E has done an excellent job of keeping bloat minimal. We should not advocate for an increase in bloat." This is actually the greatest success of 5E. It has a solid chassis that can be manipulated to great extents to maximize your group's entertainment without affecting other groups. Prior editions lived and died by RAW, and 5E has tossed RAW into the garbage can (where it belongs IMO). The fact that the DM's Guild exists shows that 5E officially supports and encourages houserules, homebrew, and 3PP. This may be a harsh reality check to some people (especially former 3E and Pathfinder players IME), but that is the reality of 5E. You are free to play by RAW, but you are not expected to do so. There is official support for people to create and share aspects of the game that WotC has not yet addressed (within set rules, limiting new settings). This is WotC solution to bloat: if groups want it, they can have it, but it will not done by them. [/QUOTE]
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