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<blockquote data-quote="Ondath" data-source="post: 8624460" data-attributes="member: 7031770"><p>I think this explains a lot of what I like about the gamist side of 5E, actually! While I appreciated the rulings not rules approach of OSR when I ran it, having fleshed out game mechanics means players as well as the GM can have different ways of satisfying other modes of play. I actually like it when a heritage or culture give clear mechanical systems to play with, because those mechanics can then inspire me to build off my world or lead the story in interesting ways. Come to think of it, this might be one of the reasons why I dislike WotC's current decision to completely disregard cultural traits in game mechanics (in opposition to, say, A5E's division of heritage and culture). I liked having cultural traits because it informed me about the culture, but now it's harder to imagine how I could simulate the cultural traits of upcoming races such as the Giff or the Thri-kreen.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Ondath, post: 8624460, member: 7031770"] I think this explains a lot of what I like about the gamist side of 5E, actually! While I appreciated the rulings not rules approach of OSR when I ran it, having fleshed out game mechanics means players as well as the GM can have different ways of satisfying other modes of play. I actually like it when a heritage or culture give clear mechanical systems to play with, because those mechanics can then inspire me to build off my world or lead the story in interesting ways. Come to think of it, this might be one of the reasons why I dislike WotC's current decision to completely disregard cultural traits in game mechanics (in opposition to, say, A5E's division of heritage and culture). I liked having cultural traits because it informed me about the culture, but now it's harder to imagine how I could simulate the cultural traits of upcoming races such as the Giff or the Thri-kreen. [/QUOTE]

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