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<blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 5199094" data-attributes="member: 3887">Here are the things I think place me in the minority. But hey, who knows?I'm not fond of dungeons.I'm not fond of dragons.I'm not particularly fond of the &quot;take their stuff&quot; part of &quot;kill them and take their stuff&quot;, so I de-emphasize that aspect of the game.&nbsp; I do like to make <s>shi</s> stuff up, so, in turn, I try to give players my players a lot of narrative/authorial rights, making them free to embellish both their characters and the game world around their characters. I do like the sillier/more absurd parts of D&amp;D. I embrace them, hardcode them into my settings. This reflects both my personal preference and my reading of the game over the years, particularly the older versions. My take on D&amp;D was it's the brainchild of a group of smart, goofy, playful people who had a child-like love of&nbsp; playing &quot;let's pretend&quot;, fueled by a copious amount of education and a host of idiosyncratic interests. Thus D&amp;D is part celebration of history, myth and literature and part taking the piss out of history, myth, and literature. This appeals to me. Whether or not it's entirely accurate is irrelevant, but I do think it puts me in the minority (at least around here).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mallus, post: 5199094, member: 3887"] Here are the things I [i]think[/i] place me in the minority. But hey, who knows? I'm not fond of dungeons. I'm not fond of dragons. I'm not particularly fond of the "take their stuff" part of "kill them and take their stuff", so I de-emphasize that aspect of the game. I [i]do[/i] like to make [s]shi[/s] stuff up, so, in turn, I try to give players my players a lot of narrative/authorial rights, making them free to embellish both their characters and the game world around their characters. I [i]do[/i] like the sillier/more absurd parts of D&D. I embrace them, hardcode them into my settings. This reflects both my personal preference and my reading of the game over the years, particularly the older versions. My take on D&D was it's the brainchild of a group of smart, goofy, playful people who had a child-like love of playing "let's pretend", fueled by a copious amount of education and a host of idiosyncratic interests. Thus D&D is part celebration of history, myth and literature and part taking the piss out of history, myth, and literature. This appeals to me. Whether or not it's entirely accurate is irrelevant, but I do think it puts me in the minority (at least around here). [/QUOTE]

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