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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Shey" data-source="post: 8479931" data-attributes="member: 7026617">This is a bit of a problem here in particular just because this board is so D&amp;D-centric; there's a fair number of people who view the world in terms of D&amp;D and also-rans.People who make that claim certainly can't have seen Cortex.No.&nbsp; It just says that people who want things on the margins of the hobby are used to looking for that.&nbsp; I'd find it pretty surprising to find people who are used to Fate or PbtA games who would expect one of the million 5e derivatives to serve their needs.&nbsp; They aren't liable to get an unpleasant surprise, and they're fairly unlikely to hit something that really is disruptive to their group (though its not impossible; I suspect even people used to PbtA could find at least the first version of Monsterhearts a bit much, but that's got to do with its particular topics than anything else).On the other hand, the number of people who take it as a given that social mechanics will be minor and/or not apply to PCs is very large.As an analogy, its like allergies: everything that has nuts in it warns people about it because nut allergies are so damn common.&nbsp; If you've got a less common allergy, you have to do your own research, but because its less common, you're used to that for the most part; at least as an adult you don't eat things without checking the ingredients.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thomas Shey, post: 8479931, member: 7026617"] This is a bit of a problem here in particular just because this board is so D&D-centric; there's a fair number of people who view the world in terms of D&D and also-rans. People who make that claim certainly can't have seen Cortex. No. It just says that people who want things on the margins of the hobby are [I]used to looking for that[/I]. I'd find it pretty surprising to find people who are used to Fate or PbtA games who would expect one of the million 5e derivatives to serve their needs. They aren't liable to get an unpleasant surprise, and they're fairly unlikely to hit something that really is disruptive to their group (though its not impossible; I suspect even people used to PbtA could find at least the first version of Monsterhearts a bit much, but that's got to do with its particular topics than anything else). On the other hand, the number of people who take it as a given that social mechanics will be minor and/or not apply to PCs is [I]very large[/I]. As an analogy, its like allergies: everything that has nuts in it warns people about it because nut allergies are so damn common. If you've got a less common allergy, you have to do your own research, but because its less common, you're used to that for the most part; at least as an adult you don't eat things without checking the ingredients. [/QUOTE]

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