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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 9000518" data-attributes="member: 7006">See, I would disagree with this premise because usually when I see it given... it's given because the original poster has made quite a number of previous comments about what they are willing or unwilling to do.  Their own beliefs and opinions about what they as the DM should be responsible for and what they shouldn't be.  So then when they ask "How should I do X?" the people responding pretty much know that the answer for it to be done within D&D would be so convoluted or such an antithesis to what that original DM believes in, that they are actually trying to do that DM a favor by recommending they NOT use D&D as the game system if they actually want X.You can't ask "How can I remove all the combat from D&D and turn it into a story game" without someone rightly suggesting they shouldn't even try when there are so many other non-combat story games out there that have already been built to do just that.  Especially considering you've now made it pretty clear you haven't actually tried to do it yourself at all and are just wanting other people to put their thinking caps on for you.  Because if you HAD actually worked at turning D&D into a complete story game... you would have already discovered for yourself that Naw... this ain't gonna work.</blockquote>