D&D 5E Why You May Be Playing D&D Wrong

[CubicsRube]

It's because a large portion of d&d players are dirty casuals who don't care about whiteroom dpr and optimization, but instead make choices based on "story".

Ugh.


Public service announcement: The above post was made in jest!

 

[Seramus]

or really experienced any particular problems.

Most of them probably did experience problems, but their DM fixed those problems in the usual fashion. So the Fighter got a powerful sword, or a martial heavy party fought slightly weaker monsters on average, and then nobody thought about it anymore.

Class tiers were real, but the solutions were pretty easy to implement in an actual game. The only games that really suffered were those with DMs who couldn't adapt (like constantly letting the cleric or wizard have a one encounter adventuring day, etc).

 

[hejtmane]

It's a little like most hobbies really.
A lot of people really dig driving and watching NASCAR, but they don't build their own cars.
A lot of people like watching football with friends, but don't memorise player statistics.
A lot of people like watching television shows, but they don't read the production notes or scripting process.

Just like the above, a lot of people play D&D, but they don't build characters between games or worry about optimisation or plan their character ahead. There's a lot of casual D&D players, a lot of people thinking about the story first and character concept rather than build.

It's not that we're playing D&D wrong, it's that we are not the norm. We are not the baseline. We are the outliers and exceptions.

You nailed it just like MMORPG's I played one where I could solo what we called 4x8 hey they had the setting for people like me basically I was running my missions mobs +4 levels and for a party of 8; I could solo bosses some groups could not I was an exception most the population did not have one character at level 50 cap I had 7. Most people logged on picked what looked fun and ran with it and enjoyed themselves. They did not plan their characters out rebuild them in virtual to see how they could squeeze out extra damage, health etc

This is what most people that play D&D do we are the exceptions on the forums.

 

[77IM]

Half of all people are below average intelligence, so these findings shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.

Not necessarily. Half of all people are below median intelligence. Which half are you in?

 

[Sunseeker]

Honest question: why is this a Wiki thread?

This is not an informative fact-based thread, but a highly opinionated personal commentary about the game...and that title, yeesh Zard.

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

Not necessarily. Half of all people are below median intelligence. Which half are you in?

I go where I need to be.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Not necessarily. Half of all people are below median intelligence. Which half are you in?

80% of humans are below mean intelligence.

 

[SkidAce]

Maybe its a wiki thread so we can edit the first page with insightful counterpoints to the original thesis.

 

[iamntbatman]

Ehhhhh...the 120,000 member D&D 5E Facebook group just recently had a poll about feats. Obviously not every member voted but it's a pretty decent chunk of answers. As of right now, 889 respondents always use feats, 226 say they use feats about half the time, and 55 people say they don't use feats. Even if the polling skews data pretty strongly, that's still massive difference from what Crawford claimed.

 

[Zardnaar]

Maybe its a wiki thread so we can edit the first page with insightful counterpoints to the original thesis.

IDK why its a wiki thread, I must have hit a wrong button.