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Message: <blockquote data-quote="satori01" data-source="post: 3478333" data-attributes="member: 7859">Barrier of entry can be a bit of a silly term, as the biggest barrier to entry for D&D is Reading and the need of a DM and other Players.Correspondingly going to a more Magic the Gathering style approach, where you need just a minimum of 2 players and the reading is in smaller batches would remove a large barrier of entry... and alienate the existing fan base.I agree that creativity and being able to alter the existing world are the aspects that make role playing great.Having Internet based tools I think does not impede those aspects,  any more than print based tools.  The D&D market is primarily in the USA, and I would imagine to a lesser extent Europe....most players are probably English Speakers.Given that market, the Internet is not an unreasonable thing to assume people have access to .I get the sense people are talking about design barriers of entry which means in general rules lite settings.  The funny thing is, I would not say that MMORPG are rules light settings.People I think do not mind a bit of complexity in character design as long as that complexity equates to choices, and compelling choices at that.I also think people do not mind the square based nature of D&D combat and AoO's.  I have tried to run "old school" adventures w/o graphical representation and my players, even those that were advocating a return to the old days, eventually clammered for the return of the battle mat.Design wise I would say actions like Tripping, Sundering, Bull Rushing, grappling etc should not require feats to use those options properly.  I would also leave spells a little more open ended, in terms of effects.  3.5 spells are very codified....in many ways this is a good thing as it reduces rules discussion between only 2 parties....but it also mitigates creative uses of spells.</blockquote>

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