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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 6852114" data-attributes="member: 6802951">I'm also not seeing it. I think that its more likely partly an edition-based thing, but also more importantly an experience-based thing.Most of the people I roleplay with are in their 20s. You get people who are just there to roll dice and rack up XP, and you get people who are more into roleplaying their character and interaction with others. What seems to generally correlate between the two broad types is their previous experience of gaming and roleplaying.People new to roleplaying often tend to stick to rules and rolls because that is something they can understand, and they haven't got used to the more freewheeling options that having a real DM to interact with allows. This particularly seems to be the case with many who have started trying roleplaying after playing computer RPGs and MMOs.As they learn more, people tend to spread out more along the spectrum. Some stay as very mechanical players. Others shift into much more story-oriented gamers.Ironically, the only time I've actually run into the "Roll first, ask second." attitude you mention as a regular thing was when dipping my toes into AL play, and from probable Gen X gamers.</blockquote>