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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mister Doug" data-source="post: 4240487" data-attributes="member: 66623"><p>I guess I'm baffled. Ever since I first started playing D&D in junior high, back in 1980, D&D has clearly not supported roleplay over combat within the mechanics of the game. I'm not convinced that's a problem. Back when I played 1e, we had combat rules and samples mixed with puzzles and rules for gaining xp from killing things and gaining wealth; in 2nd edition, we had more RP focus, but scant rules to support it; in 3e and beyond, heavy combat focus and a "return to the dungeon." All the way back to the original woodgrain boxed set of OD&D, tabletop combat has been a key element of D&D, and RP an outgrowth not of the rules, but of how the game is played.</p></blockquote><p></p>