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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 7544127" data-attributes="member: 6801228">This will likely backfire, but lets switch gears for a second. Imagine you have little to no idea what DnD is, except that it is a board game. I know it isn't, but people learning about the game for the first time probably don't have an understanding of an RPG, they'll default to things they understand first. So, they think about other games they have played. Comparing it to these other games til they figure out what it is like. This is normal human behavior, and it works 90% of the time, but it does lead to some growing pains. How many people can play the top hat in Monopoly? Well, one. During that particular game. How many people can be the Blue player in Sorry? Well, one. How many people can be the tank during a WoW raid? I admit to not being a very knowledgeable person in MMO's but from everything I've seen, an effective group has one. So how many people can play the warlock in DnD? Well, going off the basic pattern recognition, a person with no prior knowledge could easily assume one. And DnD is often portrayed with the classic 4-man party. Even the art whenever it shows a "group of adventurers" shows a group with a highly diverse skill set. Now, a new player is wrong when they assume only one person can play the warlock during the DnD game, but they are just confused, not malicious. Tabletop RPGs are like no other gaming in the world, they are incredibly complicated, and in trying to navigate that complexity new people seek out a role in the party. "I'm the one who fights on the frontline" "I'm the one who sneaks" "I'm the one who heals". And when that role is threatened, they can feel bad about it. IF they aren't the one who does the thing... then did they do it wrong? Do the other person do it wrong? Again, as experienced players, we know that isn't the case. Nobody has done anything wrong. But, the new player doesn't know that, so they turn to the most experienced player, or the person who seems like they have the most experience and asks what is up. That's generally the DM. They could also turn to the person who brought them to the game, and then that person may talk to the DM.</blockquote>

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