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<blockquote data-quote="ParanoydStyle" data-source="post: 7632757" data-attributes="member: 6984451"><p>Maybe I'm oversimplifying the question, but I play RPGs other than D&D when I want to roleplay in a genre other than high fantasy? Like sci-fi, or horror. D&D does not have assault rifles or attack helicopters: one could certainly stat those things in D&D, and I probably will lol, but D&D's default assumptions are built around the high fantasy genre, not any other genre one might care to explore. (Actually, 5th Edition is the first edition of D&D that really proclaims that the system can be used for many other genres, and that is with the many optional rules outlined in the 5E DMG.)</p><p></p><p>But the answer to the question of "why do you play high fantasy RPGs other than D&D?" my answer would simply be I don't. It's not that I think D&D is "the best", it's that D&D is working for me, so I feel no need to go looking for something else to scratch <strong><em>that particular </em></strong>itch. I will also admit to a little bias in favor of D&D over various "D&D-likes": they all have their own merits, but the fact that D&D is the original does have some appeal to me. This was a large part of my stated reason for not playing Pathfinder until 2018, when I finally gave in and played Pathfinder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ParanoydStyle, post: 7632757, member: 6984451"] Maybe I'm oversimplifying the question, but I play RPGs other than D&D when I want to roleplay in a genre other than high fantasy? Like sci-fi, or horror. D&D does not have assault rifles or attack helicopters: one could certainly stat those things in D&D, and I probably will lol, but D&D's default assumptions are built around the high fantasy genre, not any other genre one might care to explore. (Actually, 5th Edition is the first edition of D&D that really proclaims that the system can be used for many other genres, and that is with the many optional rules outlined in the 5E DMG.) But the answer to the question of "why do you play high fantasy RPGs other than D&D?" my answer would simply be I don't. It's not that I think D&D is "the best", it's that D&D is working for me, so I feel no need to go looking for something else to scratch [B][I]that particular [/I][/B]itch. I will also admit to a little bias in favor of D&D over various "D&D-likes": they all have their own merits, but the fact that D&D is the original does have some appeal to me. This was a large part of my stated reason for not playing Pathfinder until 2018, when I finally gave in and played Pathfinder. [/QUOTE]
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