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<blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 9247427" data-attributes="member: 6915329">That's probably true. For me, the difference is that while a D&amp;D snob will quote the rules at you to prove their &quot;superiority&quot;, a PbtA snob will--and I have experienced this first-hand--tell you you're actually gaming wrong without trying to explain why. Just recently, I was on a reddit post where the OP asked how to better integrate clues into their MotW game. But no, they were gaming wrong, they didn't understand the game, they were being a bad GM. I pointed out that this wasn't true--the game itself talks about laying down clues for the PCs. It just doesn't go into detail. And I quoted the text. In response, I had a mod tell me to stop posting and go reread the book. Because clearly, actually quoting the book meant I hadn't read it. And I've also seen people say that you can't change any of the rules to better suit your table or to make it more fun, because that's Wrong--even if the rules are things that make you uncomfortable (like sex moves).And it's a terrible shame because I really enjoy the system, and have a bunch of PbtA or BitD games I'd love to play or run, but it's very hard to actually get answers to questions I may have without the risk of having everyone in the forum tell me I'm failing as a GM instead of answering the blankety-blank question.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Faolyn, post: 9247427, member: 6915329"] That's probably true. For me, the difference is that while a D&D snob will quote the rules at you to prove their "superiority", a PbtA snob will--and I have experienced this first-hand--tell you you're actually gaming [I]wrong [/I]without trying to explain why[I].[/I] Just recently, I was on a reddit post where the OP asked how to better integrate clues into their MotW game. But no, they were gaming wrong, they didn't understand the game, they were being a bad GM. I pointed out that this wasn't true--the game itself talks about laying down clues for the PCs. It just doesn't go into detail. And I quoted the text. In response, I had a mod tell me to stop posting and go reread the book. Because clearly, actually quoting the book meant I hadn't read it. And I've also seen people say that you can't change any of the rules to better suit your table or to make it more fun, because that's Wrong--even if the rules are things that make you uncomfortable (like sex moves). And it's a terrible shame because I really enjoy the system, and have a bunch of PbtA or BitD games I'd love to play or run, but it's very hard to actually get answers to questions I may have without the risk of having everyone in the forum tell me I'm failing as a GM instead of answering the blankety-blank question. [/QUOTE]

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