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<blockquote data-quote="John Dallman" data-source="post: 9276152" data-attributes="member: 6999616">The first TTRPGs I played, in 1979, were roll-high, being OD&amp;D and AD&amp;D1e. I was also exposed to roll-under Rune Quest early on, and and several other systems, varying between roll-high and roll-under. Back then, nobody seemed to feel that either mechanism had intrinsic appeal; it was a question of if the game worked as a whole. This century, I've been encountering increasing numbers of people who feel that roll-high is more emotionally satisfying, or otherwise preferable, and that this is &quot;obvious&quot; to them. I'm baffled by this. I have a slight preference for roll-under, because it's easier for me to figure out the odds of success. If they're too low, I'll look for some different action to take in the game. But this isn't a &quot;won't play roll high games&quot; thing, just a mild preference. I do see people saying on forums that they don't want to play any roll-under game. Do players just associate bigger numbers with being &quot;better&quot; in some way? Is there some cultural factor I'm missing? Is this just a way of saying &quot;I don't want to play any game that isn't like D&amp;D&quot;?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Dallman, post: 9276152, member: 6999616"] The first TTRPGs I played, in 1979, were roll-high, being OD&D and AD&D1e. I was also exposed to roll-under Rune Quest early on, and and several other systems, varying between roll-high and roll-under. Back then, nobody seemed to feel that either mechanism had intrinsic appeal; it was a question of if the game worked as a whole. This century, I've been encountering increasing numbers of people who feel that roll-high is more emotionally satisfying, or otherwise preferable, and that this is "obvious" to them. I'm baffled by this. I have a slight preference for roll-under, because it's easier for me to figure out the odds of success. If they're too low, I'll look for some different action to take in the game. But this isn't a "won't play roll high games" thing, just a mild preference. I do see people saying on forums that they don't want to play any roll-under game. Do players just associate bigger numbers with being "better" in some way? Is there some cultural factor I'm missing? Is this just a way of saying "I don't want to play any game that isn't like D&D"? [/QUOTE]

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