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<blockquote data-quote="Hatmatter" data-source="post: 8078654" data-attributes="member: 75077">I think the differentiation between attacks and STs harkens back to the player experience. If the player is attacking, he or she gets to roll a die...it gives the player something to actively do (= roll a die). If the player is attacked by a high damage or important condition-inducing spell attack, the player gets to roll a die, so the defense is not passive. I think this goes way back to the origin of the game. Now, there are more characters casting spells (therefore NPCs make the STs) and some spells have attack rolls, so the distinction is watered down, but I think that is the nucleus of it. In melee combat the player rolls if attacking, not defending. When attacked by a spell, the player rolls to defend. In both instances, the player gets to roll a die; i.e. has some agency in the character's fate.Again, as many people on here have said, the new player experience could be addressed through new means of introducing players to the game without having to change the game itself. It is a forty-year old game. I think it has been changed enough over the decades. It would be nice if we could stay with a version and have the energy of Wizards of the Coast continue to be directed to adventures, world-building, new options and fun stuff instead of continuing to tinker with the game itself. D&amp;D is quite easy to home-brew and there are many, many other rpgs out there to be explored.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hatmatter, post: 8078654, member: 75077"] I think the differentiation between attacks and STs harkens back to the player experience. If the player is attacking, he or she gets to roll a die...it gives the player something to actively do (= roll a die). If the player is attacked by a high damage or important condition-inducing spell attack, the player gets to roll a die, so the defense is not passive. I think this goes way back to the origin of the game. Now, there are more characters casting spells (therefore NPCs make the STs) and some spells have attack rolls, so the distinction is watered down, but I think that is the nucleus of it. In melee combat the player rolls if attacking, not defending. When attacked by a spell, the player rolls to defend. In both instances, the player gets to roll a die; i.e. has some agency in the character's fate. Again, as many people on here have said, the new player experience could be addressed through new means of introducing players to the game without having to change the game itself. It is a forty-year old game. I think it has been changed enough over the decades. It would be nice if we could stay with a version and have the energy of Wizards of the Coast continue to be directed to adventures, world-building, new options and fun stuff instead of continuing to tinker with the game itself. D&D is quite easy to home-brew and there are many, many other rpgs out there to be explored. [/QUOTE]

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