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<blockquote data-quote="Silvercat Moonpaw" data-source="post: 4465085" data-attributes="member: 46652"><p><strong><u>Unfun:</u></strong></p><p><strong>Settings that are dark and/or grim.</strong> It's just nearly impossible for me to want to give a damn about a world that can't solve its own crushing neuroses.</p><p></p><p><strong>Settings that removing or severely limit the fantastic.</strong> It's called fantasy because it contains weird stuff you can't find in real life.</p><p></p><p><strong>Settings that focus on telling me a lot of mundane stuff.</strong> I find knowing minute geographic details, population size, economics, or anything else like that useless because I know I'm going to be ignoring it for the sake of the story and would rather make it up myself if I really need it.</p><p></p><p><strong>A game that bills itself as allowing me to build any character I want but doesn't deliver.</strong> Now maybe I misread something, but too many times in D&D it fell short of giving me the "any" build I wanted while not being clear that its system was actually limited.</p><p></p><p><strong>People who wait for the GM to respond to their roll before mentioning the effect of that roll when it's not going to matter whether they say it now or after.</strong> This is an online thing.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tactical combat.</strong> I'm not a person who thinks like that.</p><p></p><p><strong>Resource management.</strong> Ditto.</p><p></p><p><strong>Predictive gameplay.</strong> (i.e. Having to figure out which wizard spells you're going to need that day. Does not mean I need to know enemy tactics ahead of time or anything.) Again ditto.</p><p></p><p><strong>Almost dying because I can't think tactically.</strong> See above.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>Fun:</u></strong></p><p><strong>Almost dying because I made a choice I knew was bad but decided to go with anyway for the sake of fun.</strong> My first D&D character ever I played as rather naïve, and during one session he almost died twice because I deliberately made stupid choices for the sake of character. Perhaps if he had died it wouldn't have been as much fun, but since I'd deliberately chosen to get into those situations I was more okay with them than I would have otherwise been.</p><p></p><p><strong>Settings that read like they came out of myths and stories.</strong> I actually don't think I've ever encountered this one, but it's a dream of mine.</p><p></p><p><strong>Game systems that allow me to build any very odd character I wish.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silvercat Moonpaw, post: 4465085, member: 46652"] [b][u]Unfun:[/u][/b] [b]Settings that are dark and/or grim.[/b] It's just nearly impossible for me to want to give a damn about a world that can't solve its own crushing neuroses. [b]Settings that removing or severely limit the fantastic.[/b] It's called fantasy because it contains weird stuff you can't find in real life. [b]Settings that focus on telling me a lot of mundane stuff.[/b] I find knowing minute geographic details, population size, economics, or anything else like that useless because I know I'm going to be ignoring it for the sake of the story and would rather make it up myself if I really need it. [b]A game that bills itself as allowing me to build any character I want but doesn't deliver.[/b] Now maybe I misread something, but too many times in D&D it fell short of giving me the "any" build I wanted while not being clear that its system was actually limited. [b]People who wait for the GM to respond to their roll before mentioning the effect of that roll when it's not going to matter whether they say it now or after.[/b] This is an online thing. [b]Tactical combat.[/b] I'm not a person who thinks like that. [b]Resource management.[/b] Ditto. [b]Predictive gameplay.[/b] (i.e. Having to figure out which wizard spells you're going to need that day. Does not mean I need to know enemy tactics ahead of time or anything.) Again ditto. [b]Almost dying because I can't think tactically.[/b] See above. [b][u]Fun:[/u][/b] [b]Almost dying because I made a choice I knew was bad but decided to go with anyway for the sake of fun.[/b] My first D&D character ever I played as rather naïve, and during one session he almost died twice because I deliberately made stupid choices for the sake of character. Perhaps if he had died it wouldn't have been as much fun, but since I'd deliberately chosen to get into those situations I was more okay with them than I would have otherwise been. [b]Settings that read like they came out of myths and stories.[/b] I actually don't think I've ever encountered this one, but it's a dream of mine. [b]Game systems that allow me to build any very odd character I wish.[/b] [/QUOTE]
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