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<blockquote data-quote="The Ghost" data-source="post: 4659828" data-attributes="member: 60281">Allow me to give you a couple of examples... I was recently in a class on creative writing. One of the things we did in class was sit around in a circle and the professor started off by saying Five people walk into a bar. Then, we went around the circle with each person adding something to what has already been said. Was what we did considered storytelling? I think so.How about an improv play? Does it require an audience to be considered a story? Can the actors not enjoy the story for themselves only?What about all the writing I do in my journals? Are they not stories because there is no one other than me who reads them?Those examples are pretty close to what I see being done at every game table I have ever sat down at. I think that there is a lot more to D&amp;D than just the game mechanics. I think that Scott Rouse had some interesting story ideas that sparked this thread. I would have preferred to see this thread explore those ideas and how they can be used at a game table rather than a debate about whether D&amp;D is a good vehicle for exploring those ideas. I happen to think that D&amp;D is an excellent way to explore not just the heroic good versus evil stories but also those stories that are more nuanced - more shades of grey. It is up to individual groups to tell the stories that they are most comfortable with.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Ghost, post: 4659828, member: 60281"] Allow me to give you a couple of examples... I was recently in a class on creative writing. One of the things we did in class was sit around in a circle and the professor started off by saying Five people walk into a bar. Then, we went around the circle with each person adding something to what has already been said. Was what we did considered storytelling? I think so. How about an improv play? Does it require an audience to be considered a story? Can the actors not enjoy the story for themselves only? What about all the writing I do in my journals? Are they not stories because there is no one other than me who reads them? Those examples are pretty close to what I see being done at every game table I have ever sat down at. I think that there is a lot more to D&D than just the game mechanics. I think that Scott Rouse had some interesting story ideas that sparked this thread. I would have preferred to see this thread explore those ideas and how they can be used at a game table rather than a debate about whether D&D is a good vehicle for exploring those ideas. I happen to think that D&D is an excellent way to explore not just the heroic good versus evil stories but also those stories that are more nuanced - more shades of grey. It is up to individual groups to tell the stories that they are most comfortable with. [/QUOTE]

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