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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paul Farquhar" data-source="post: 8289407" data-attributes="member: 6906155">Then you seem to have missed the thread that runs through the whole (huge) book, where Paul learns to survive, then understand, then master the power of the planet, until at the climax of the story he uses that power to defeat his enemies.I've played more Traveller and FASA Star Trek than I have D&D. Both games are less combat focused than D&D. In Star Trek the whole point is to resolve issues without resorting to combat. And you know what? Both resolve social situations in exactly the same way as 5e: through role-play and the occasional skill role when the outcome is uncertain. It works just fine. I've never played one of these games with fancy-dancy rules for resolving social situations, but it sounds to me like the rules are replacing the actual role-playing.If 5e is lacking anywhere, it's in the player vs environment survival stuff.D&D 5e is fun. Pseudo-medieval is tired. I want D&D in Space (but with the magic actually reskinned to space magic). Not a full blown serious SF game. I already own that game.</blockquote>