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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ry" data-source="post: 3302014" data-attributes="member: 8314">I think the alignment system is fuel for the behaviour you're talking about here.  Also, I think the reliance on wealth and magical items can contribute to that behaviour as well.  But think about the experience system - if I can sneak off and kill some goblins before the party gets involved, I get all the experience for that, even if I cause things to be messed up for the other players.  Now I'm not saying that's SMART, but It's not something that D&D actively discourages with the experience system.  But my question isn't strictly negative - i.e. "what's wrong with D&D that it discourages people from working together?" - it's deliberately positive: "If D&D encouraged people to work together, what would that look like?"</blockquote>