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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 5715857" data-attributes="member: 32740">Different parts of D&D I want to have different levels of granularity.  For example you're lumping skills and abilities all into one, I don't.  Some skills I want to see detailed rules as to how/why they work with specific, complex mechanincs to accompany them.  Other skills need only very general explantion and if they even need mechanics at all it may be a simple pass/fail roll that need not be based on any ability score the character even has.  Many skills and abilities will bleed over into other areas like RP and world detail.  Some, like say diplomacy, may have mechanical uses as a skill but should not be allowed to mindlessly displace RP interactions which requires a good deal of DM moderation.  And yet, if a player wants to run a character who IS a great talker and very convincing but is HIMSELF, in real life, unable to roleplay such a character to the degree desired there should be no issues with the DM giving such a character/player greater leeway with the skill than he gives others in certain circumstances. For depth of detail I wouldn't expect everyone to hold to the same standards from one game to another.  One DM may want and need differentiation between a half-dozen different kinds of short swords but most don't.  Some may want to track every copper piece, every pound of encumbrance, every arrow shot and meal eaten, others decidedly don't, and most probably don't want to bother with minutia until such time as the minutia become a more significant factor due to game circumstances.  Characters taking in thousands of gold (tens of thousands?) regularly should not be bothered with ticking off the coppers for few torches - until such time as, say, the PC finds himself cut off from his money in a faraway city and running critically low on funds. One size does not fit all and the fit changes over time.  For any version of the game the designer has to make decisions where he wants certain lines to be drawn.  Then when the game gets into the hands of the actual users it will be bent, folded, twisted, and mutilated to THEIR needs and desires and IMO the game should always be as accommodating to them as it can be.  The more a version takes a stand as if to say, "No.  THIS is how you will play the game," and then forces you to adapt your game to ITS approaches the worse reception and longevity it will have.</blockquote>

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