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<blockquote data-quote="Mark CMG" data-source="post: 3054016" data-attributes="member: 10479"><p>This thread is meant for discussion of the whole article, of course.&nbsp; The first sentence sets the tone as the article (that's why it is quoted here) which is all about treasure and appealing to the baser instincts of the players.&nbsp; I'm sure if the article were about political intrigue he might be just as emphatic how important RPing is in the first sentence.&nbsp; However, it doesn't hurt to understand the mindset of a designer to get a fuller picture of the tact of his design and clearly Mr. Baur believes players are more about the phat lewt and XP than the RPGing encounters (to use the vernacular though Mr. Baur has, in part one, insisted on foregoing the common terminology in favor of calling them &quot;talking&quot; encounters).&nbsp; Nothing wrong with that, per se, as a design approach if it's his style when designing, but it helps when someone else is approaching his work to understand it as such.&nbsp; Those DMs who have groups that prefer RPing just need to approach his work with an eye toward making adjustments in that regard.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Mark CMG, post: 3054016, member: 10479"] This thread is meant for discussion of the whole article, of course. The first sentence sets the tone as the article (that's why it is quoted here) which is all about treasure and appealing to the baser instincts of the players. I'm sure if the article were about political intrigue he might be just as emphatic how important RPing is in the first sentence. However, it doesn't hurt to understand the mindset of a designer to get a fuller picture of the tact of his design and clearly Mr. Baur believes players are more about the phat lewt and XP than the RPGing encounters (to use the vernacular though Mr. Baur has, in part one, insisted on foregoing the common terminology in favor of calling them "talking" encounters). Nothing wrong with that, per se, as a design approach if it's his style when designing, but it helps when someone else is approaching his work to understand it as such. Those DMs who have groups that prefer RPing just need to approach his work with an eye toward making adjustments in that regard. [/QUOTE]

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