Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Phb Ii
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Ranes" data-source="post: 2309179" data-attributes="member: 4826"><p>Really? Perhaps if I qualified what I said accordingly: hadn't been printed elsewhere for 3e. But I don't have the book and it's a couple of years since I read my friend's copy.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>I'm not talking about the FF. And I am always prepared to read DMing advice. And the DMG2 is not just advice (which, if nothing else, may be of assistance to less experienced DMs). It's supposed to have a lot of time-saving stuff in it. Your assertion that it's nothing more than a money-grabber is as pejorative as it is disingenuous.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>I don't know the D&D wargame but I am familiar with Morrowind, a typical - if untypically well-crafted - instantial CRPG that has nothing to do with this discussion. Without wanting to get into the semantics of what is or isn't a story, what I'm saying is that the DM is not required to be a story teller. I know this to be a fact, because it's the way I DM. My players have been coming back to play for years and we have about one hundred years of RPG experience between us.</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Thanks but I don't need to. I got a free copy, because I was one of the developers. But, with the exception of the boardgame version of HQ, all the games you mention are instantial. That is to say that all the things that can happen in them have been pre-determined. This is not the case with a game of Dungeons & Dragons comprised of human players who are free to decide what they want to do next.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Hey, I worked on Warhammer, too!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /> I do like those sorts of games. I just prefer RPGs. And relax. I'm not going to force anything on your D&D.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ranes, post: 2309179, member: 4826"] Really? Perhaps if I qualified what I said accordingly: hadn't been printed elsewhere for 3e. But I don't have the book and it's a couple of years since I read my friend's copy. I'm not talking about the FF. And I am always prepared to read DMing advice. And the DMG2 is not just advice (which, if nothing else, may be of assistance to less experienced DMs). It's supposed to have a lot of time-saving stuff in it. Your assertion that it's nothing more than a money-grabber is as pejorative as it is disingenuous. I don't know the D&D wargame but I am familiar with Morrowind, a typical - if untypically well-crafted - instantial CRPG that has nothing to do with this discussion. Without wanting to get into the semantics of what is or isn't a story, what I'm saying is that the DM is not required to be a story teller. I know this to be a fact, because it's the way I DM. My players have been coming back to play for years and we have about one hundred years of RPG experience between us. Thanks but I don't need to. I got a free copy, because I was one of the developers. But, with the exception of the boardgame version of HQ, all the games you mention are instantial. That is to say that all the things that can happen in them have been pre-determined. This is not the case with a game of Dungeons & Dragons comprised of human players who are free to decide what they want to do next. Hey, I worked on Warhammer, too!:cool: I do like those sorts of games. I just prefer RPGs. And relax. I'm not going to force anything on your D&D. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Phb Ii
Top