D&D 5E Which played-out D&D trope needs to die?

[embee]

A lot of CRPGs love this one of late. "Surprise! There was no right choice!"

Oh, you're awake. We're riding in a wagon to Helgen. Once we get there, you'll get to decide whether to fight for the Roman Empire or white supremacists.

 

[Burnside]

Oh, you're awake. We're riding in a wagon to Helgen. Once we get there, you'll get to decide whether to fight for the Roman Empire or white supremacists.

Lol. In fairness, at least in Skyrim you CAN choose to ignore them both completely and still finish the game.

In Fallout 4, there are no two ways about it - if you want to complete the game, then one way or another you're gonna become a mur-diddly-urdler. See also Pillars of Eternity 1 & 2. See also Wasteland 2 & 3.

 

[Charlaquin]

Is it cheating to say the “the you all meet in a tavern trope is played out” trope is played out? Meeting in taverns is a great way to start a campaign and I think it’s overdue for a comeback.

 

[Burnside]

I wish I could meet in a tavern.

 

[Greg K]

I like many standard tropes (e.g. rescue the princess) if they are player initiated via backgrounds and/or goals.

One that I have seen among some pre-3e groups and seems more common in modern D&D among players, third party designers, and even WOTC designers is the modelling of classes/sub-classes or character concepts upon Marvel and DC superheroes (e.g. Avengers, Psylocke, Batman, Wolverine). There are many superhero rpgs that do comic book superheroes and they do so better than D&D (and I would more more than gladly run/play a superhero game).

 

[Garthanos]

The trope that if we don't get rid of [insert just about any aspect of D&D] the game will collapse into oblivion.

Its opposite too... ie if we do get [insert here] it will ruin D&D

 

[rgoodbb]

You're all wake up and have no idea how you got there.

I can't remember how many times in and out of game this has happened to me.

 

[Thunder Brother]

Every adventurer having dead parents/being an orphan gets tiring.

 

[Greg K]

Is it cheating to say the “the you all meet in a tavern trope is played out” trope is played out? Meeting in taverns is a great way to start a campaign and I think it’s overdue for a comeback.

I also like variations such as the player characters are on a ship to the same destination or they have arrived at some port and witness some event.

 

[billd91]

I think the internet board trope "This trope is cliche/played out" is totally played out. With respect to FRPGs - the trope is played out for whom? There are new people coming into the hobby all the time. Maybe it's not played out for them, just for the grizzled veterans with dead souls.