The Sacred Cow Slaughterhouse: Ideas you think D&D's better without

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Is this quote directed at me? I'm looking at my OP, and it doesn't look that way to me.

People can use different templates when viewing the site. Styled text carries across each, so someone with a black background (popular here) won't see your black on black text.

Basically, coloring text on ENworld is a terrible idea and it's a shame that it (apparently) can't be disabled.

 

[Libertad]

at Whizbang:

I assume that all OPs are colored black by default? I didn't edit the text in any way beyond copy-pasting it from another site (it had no color tags there).

The red text shows up well in both Reborn and Legacy, so I edited the text to look that way.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

The red text shows up well in both Reborn and Legacy, so I edited the text to look that way.

Be advised that moderators reserve red and orange text for moderating. Stick to default.

 

[Cadence]

The red text shows up well in both Reborn and Legacy, so I edited the text to look that way.

When I need to copy and paste something in, I've taken to just pasting it into Notepad first, and then copying from there. Seems to strip out any formatting that might be hanging around.

 

[Libertad]

Ok, is it fine now for Reborn and Legacy?

 

[MoonSong]

The wizard as the default arcane caster...

The wizard really...

 

[Jester David]

This topic has begun to make me wary.

There are literally hundreds or other RPG systems out there. And many are fantasy focused.
All that separates D&D from these is its name and sacred cows, both story and mechanical.

 

[Ahnehnois]

This topic has begun to make me wary.

There are literally hundreds or other RPG systems out there. And many are fantasy focused.
All that separates D&D from these is its name and sacred cows, both story and mechanical.

I think there's one other thing: its player base. If we could introduce some different ideas to that big a player base, there's a lot of potential gains there.

 

[howandwhy99]

Characters
Character levels
Dice "checks"
Hand waving stuff
Showing the players the rules
Theater of the mind
Fudging

 

[Jester David]

I think there's one other thing: its player base. If we could introduce some different ideas to that big a player base, there's a lot of potential gains there.

Maybe. It's also a large audience with diverse tastes, making it hard not to alienate or lose someone with every change.
The bigger your audience the more people you have to lose.