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<blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 5656242" data-attributes="member: 9037">I disagree with this. RPGs are more than just a game. It is a hybrid of a game and interactive theater. I heard the argument that you can role play playing monopoly.&nbsp; But monopoly rules are not set up to encourage role playing. RPGs are.I have been following this discussion on plot and I have to agree with Umbran that people have a knee jerk reaction to the word. To so many the word plot means railroading.In my homebrew there is metaplot. The metaplot is the&nbsp; battle between Bahmut and Tiamat. Things happen in the world because of this. I started the game by having the PCs called by Bahmut to aid on the side of good. But how they do this is up to them. They can do what they want. They can help Bahmut ,change sides help Tiamat, become neutral like Switzerland , run and hide or what ever their fertile minds come up with.The plot is the war between the dragons and the forces of good VS evil. The setting is my world of Vanderhelm.The story is how the PCs choose to live in the world and what they do.The game is the rolling of dice , making builds, cracking Monty Python jokes and eating junk food.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Elf Witch, post: 5656242, member: 9037"] I disagree with this. RPGs are more than just a game. It is a hybrid of a game and interactive theater. I heard the argument that you can role play playing monopoly. But monopoly rules are not set up to encourage role playing. RPGs are. I have been following this discussion on plot and I have to agree with Umbran that people have a knee jerk reaction to the word. To so many the word plot means railroading. In my homebrew there is metaplot. The metaplot is the battle between Bahmut and Tiamat. Things happen in the world because of this. I started the game by having the PCs called by Bahmut to aid on the side of good. But how they do this is up to them. They can do what they want. They can help Bahmut ,change sides help Tiamat, become neutral like Switzerland , run and hide or what ever their fertile minds come up with. The plot is the war between the dragons and the forces of good VS evil. The setting is my world of Vanderhelm. The story is how the PCs choose to live in the world and what they do. The game is the rolling of dice , making builds, cracking Monty Python jokes and eating junk food. [/QUOTE]

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