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<blockquote data-quote="Jay Verkuilen" data-source="post: 7762009" data-attributes="member: 6873517">I think you can run S&amp;S type adventures with D&amp;D, but the GM really has to be willing to adapt and write adventures more in line with it. The default assumptions just don't line up with it well. IMO the best times I've had running more S&amp;S style was to use what I'll call the &quot;Lake Geneva Classic&quot; format, which involved a few main PCs with several henchmen. Even then, it's not really S&amp;S exactly, but more in line than the &quot;five peers&quot; style of party. Of course, S&amp;S is a literary genre so it's not surprising there's a certain amount of gap between it and a game. Well in general I think a story that was just dungeon crawl wouldn't be all that interesting to read, even if it's fun to play, to some degree anyway. People usually care about narrative and social interaction. There are a few dungeon crawl type things in Conan as well as in Fafhrd &amp; the Grey Mouser but even those tend to have a good bit of social focus.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jay Verkuilen, post: 7762009, member: 6873517"] I think you can run S&S type adventures with D&D, but the GM really has to be willing to adapt and write adventures more in line with it. The default assumptions just don't line up with it well. IMO the best times I've had running more S&S style was to use what I'll call the "Lake Geneva Classic" format, which involved a few main PCs with several henchmen. Even then, it's not really S&S exactly, but more in line than the "five peers" style of party. Of course, S&S is a literary genre so it's not surprising there's a certain amount of gap between it and a game. Well in general I think a story that was just dungeon crawl wouldn't be all that interesting to [I]read[/I], even if it's fun to [I]play[/I], to some degree anyway. People usually care about narrative and social interaction. There are a few dungeon crawl type things in Conan as well as in Fafhrd & the Grey Mouser but even those tend to have a good bit of social focus. [/QUOTE]

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