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Okay this is annoyingly clever (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I am not here to shit on D&D. If you're having fun, then it's the right game for you and your table.

D&D is a rules medium game that is based around combat, but isn't great at combat being balanced at combat where every PC is basically immortal. The game itself doesn't really set a tone, which makes different people have different expectations of what the game "should" be.

Because of it not-quite-being-great at anything, people tend to want to push limits, or add homebrew.

Edit: A rules lite system with a set tone will also prevent this level of silly, if that's not what you want

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Oh don't get me wrong, I play D&D and love it as well haha

I was just curious about other systems and how their approaches to rules, balance, and storytelling affect how players play as well (and DMs DM), seeing as there's a myriad of different systems each with different goals and mechanics. I haven't played any other system on the tabletop, as my group hasn't really tried playing other systems yet (only crpgs based on other systems, plus me reading manuals and rulesets because why not)

I can see how a rules lite system would prevent random pushing of the system until it breaks type of gameplay, ala PbtA games. Plus with more emphasis on crafting a narrative vs focusing on the best combination of stats/skills/interactions, there's less incentive to turn the mechanical knobs until something ends up broken.