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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xamnam" data-source="post: 9566169" data-attributes="member: 7037765">Look, I know you didn't write it, but I really hate that Old School Primer example, because the "Modern Style" play is written in a way I've never played, nor ever seen anyone play. Like, it feels like what someone would write on the sole basis of hearing from someone else, "Yeah, kids these days just say skills and roll dice, it's not even really roleplay." It's a strawman, a caricature, and an unnecessary one to get their point across. Yes, I'm sure there is some table out there that has played that way, but it just simply doesn't hold up to paint modern players as a whole with that brush, and it makes it feel like the author has an axe to grind.Edit: Oh, right, right above that paragraph they say specifically that they're showing off a boring / not good modern DM. They claim it's to show off the difference in how the rules are handled, but honestly, I struggle to believe them. If that was their goal, they should have written the Old Style example in exactly the same manner, so that the contrast is accurate and clear. It's a cheap rhetorical trick.</blockquote>