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<blockquote data-quote="D+1" data-source="post: 1965553" data-attributes="member: 13654">The purpose of playing D&amp;D is to have fun.&nbsp; D&amp;D exists as a framework of rules to be used along with imagination and random dice rolls to play out the adventures of characters controlled by the players in a fictional world.&nbsp; In one sense then telling someone they are playing D&amp;D incorrectly is like telling them they are not having fun in the correct way.But D&amp;D IS a collection of rules.&nbsp; Those rules have a lot of options and includes one ABSOLUTELY OVERRIDING caveat - the DM can change rules from what has been presented AS rules.&nbsp; In that sense you CAN be playing D&amp;D wrong if you are not adhering to the rules as A) the game has presented them and B) the DM has altered them.The most common context in which the phrase is used however is in the sense of &quot;The way YOU play D&amp;D is not a way that I find appropriate, sensible or fun.&quot;&nbsp; There are many ways of playing D&amp;D.&nbsp; There are different styles, different settings, different use of &quot;official&quot; optional rules or rules supplements, use of lots of house rules or strictly by-the-books; you can play the game as it was originally played, play it as it is written, play it according to a particular interpretation by emphasizing roleplaying over the rules or emphasizing the rules above all, emphasizing enjoyment via character maximization and precise construction or enjoyment via clever play against interesting opponents and exciting situations.&nbsp; It is not difficult for two people to disagree on the best or preferred way of playing the game even when all things are otherwise equal.It IS thus possible to consider someone to be playing the game wrong, but only as YOU personally define the PROPER way to play the game.&nbsp; Most of the discussion about rules is thus centered around the notion that there are correct and incorrect interpretations for virtually all the rules, excepting only those rules that are themselves inherently incorrect or for which there isn't a definitive interpretation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="D+1, post: 1965553, member: 13654"] The purpose of playing D&D is to have fun. D&D exists as a framework of rules to be used along with imagination and random dice rolls to play out the adventures of characters controlled by the players in a fictional world. In one sense then telling someone they are playing D&D incorrectly is like telling them they are not having fun in the correct way. But D&D IS a collection of rules. Those rules have a lot of options and includes one ABSOLUTELY OVERRIDING caveat - the DM can change rules from what has been presented AS rules. In that sense you CAN be playing D&D wrong if you are not adhering to the rules as A) the game has presented them and B) the DM has altered them. The most common context in which the phrase is used however is in the sense of "The way YOU play D&D is not a way that I find appropriate, sensible or fun." There are many ways of playing D&D. There are different styles, different settings, different use of "official" optional rules or rules supplements, use of lots of house rules or strictly by-the-books; you can play the game as it was originally played, play it as it is written, play it according to a particular interpretation by emphasizing roleplaying over the rules or emphasizing the rules above all, emphasizing enjoyment via character maximization and precise construction or enjoyment via clever play against interesting opponents and exciting situations. It is not difficult for two people to disagree on the best or preferred way of playing the game even when all things are otherwise equal. It IS thus possible to consider someone to be playing the game wrong, but only as YOU personally define the PROPER way to play the game. Most of the discussion about rules is thus centered around the notion that there are correct and incorrect interpretations for virtually all the rules, excepting only those rules that are themselves inherently incorrect or for which there isn't a definitive interpretation. [/QUOTE]

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