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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 6853323" data-attributes="member: 6785785">I think there's a time and place for both approaches to the game. Sometimes, description and buildup are vital parts of the game. Other times, they aren't vital and just bog things down. Years ago in the 2E days, I had a player who wanted to act out every single interaction with every NPC. I would respond with "you pay the shopkeeper and he gives you the 50' of rope you wanted" and prompt him to the next step in the adventure. I don't mind role playing when it adds to the story or really helps build the characters, but sometimes it actually gets in the way of the game. I think the key to being a DM...or one of the keys anyway...is to be able to recognize which moments are needed and which can be skipped.Edited to add: I don't know how much of a generational thing this is, really. I think it's a bit more edition based, which may make it seem generational. I think the 3E minded folks tend to think along the lines of rules as that edition really codified everything about the game. So coming from that edition, I wouldn't be surprised if many players were a little confused by the looser system of 5E.</blockquote>