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<blockquote data-quote="Theory of Games" data-source="post: 9325478" data-attributes="member: 7042201">I'd disagree offering that the &quot;steam&quot; behind &quot;Rulings Over Rules&quot; actually came from those of us who played the earliest rpgs. They didn't have a rule for everything like many modern games so in many in-game situations the DM and players had to make up a rule (ruling) for an action that wasn't specifically covered by our rules. That's also why RoR is such a big part of the OSR. 5e D&amp;D excels at being 5e D&amp;D which is all it has to do. It doesn't have to be &quot;Sword and Sorcery&quot; or &quot;High Fantasy&quot; or &quot;Science Fantasy&quot;. It just needs to be D&amp;D and the next most successful rpg (Pathfinder) and the most successful rpg genre (OSR) are based very much on how D&amp;D plays.What games are these that (1) the characters have abilities and capabilities that (2) get completely ignored by the group during RP? I'm really curious.Because RoR is a well-established playstyle I doubt anyone can completely refute it. Also RoR has proven to be popular design based on the great success of the OSR along with other non-OSR &quot;rules-lite&quot; games. <img src="https://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/leo-decaprio-shoulder-shrug.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Theory of Games, post: 9325478, member: 7042201"] I'd disagree offering that the "steam" behind "Rulings Over Rules" actually came from those of us who played the earliest rpgs. They didn't have a rule for everything like many modern games so in many in-game situations the DM and players had to make up a rule (ruling) for an action that wasn't specifically covered by our rules. That's also why RoR is such a big part of the OSR. 5e D&D excels at being 5e D&D which is all it has to do. It doesn't have to be "Sword and Sorcery" or "High Fantasy" or "Science Fantasy". It just needs to be D&D and the next most successful rpg (Pathfinder) and the most successful rpg genre (OSR) are based very much on how D&D plays. What games are these that (1) the characters have abilities and capabilities that (2) get completely ignored by the group during RP? I'm really curious. Because RoR is a well-established playstyle I doubt anyone can completely refute it. Also RoR has proven to be popular design based on the great success of the OSR along with other non-OSR "rules-lite" games. [IMG]https://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/leo-decaprio-shoulder-shrug.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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