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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6372958" data-attributes="member: 42582">All this bitterness about the place of combat in the game. I don't understand why combat is regarded as so objectionable - it's a major site of conflict in a lot of other action dramas, why not in RPGing?If you read the action resolution rules in classic D&D, you'll see that they also heavily emphasise combat (particularly when you take into account all the spell descriptions). Likewise 5e. Besides combat, B/X D&D has resolution mechanics only for thief abilities, dealing with traps, dealing with doors, overland movement, and reactions. 1st ed AD&D also has loyalty mechanics plus rangers' tracking.4e is the only edition to have a general mechanical framework for resolving non-combat activity (the skill challenge - which is the closest D&D has ever got to a game like Fate or HeroWars/Quest).</blockquote>