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The monopoly in the minds (media.piefed.zip)
submitted 4 days ago by to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network
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imagine if skyrim was the most popular game of all time by an orderof magnitude and people caleld video games ‘skyrims’. and it cost ninety dollars and took up half the average computers hard drive. and then peoel would be on nexus being like ‘hi guys check out my farming sim skyrim mod’ and it just had you kiling draugr but on a farm. and people were like ‘yeah i think that you just cant do farm simulation in video games’ and if anyone brought up stardew valley theyd be like ‘okay well first of all its presumptuous to assume i can afford a second video game or have space for it on my hard drive. and Second of all when i play skyrim i just run back and forth around the towns picking up all the cabbages for seven hours on end so i don’t see why i’d need a whole game programmed to be about farming. i can play skyrim the way i want to. stop gatekeeping gaming.’ anyway thats what its like to like ttrpgs other than dungeons and dragons.
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[–] 29 points 4 days ago (5 children)

I just want to go back to the time it was considered rude to play at a table more than a month or two without cracking the book and learning the rules on your own time.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    I can't even make a character without consulting three different rule books to optimize for role play.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    How do you optimize for role play? And why would it need rules consultation?

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  • [–] 9 points 4 days ago

    I like in-universe explanations and using game mechanics that support my character choices. For example, say I'm building a rogue character that's an experienced assassin, but why would they still be at level 1, or even 3? Maybe they've never actually killed anyone but they're very good at "disappearing" people with poisons and potions, so they'd take medicine and/or nature as a skill. So maybe now we have an "assassin" that secretly helps people flee town by faking their deaths and I see what can be done with potions, herbs, medicines, magic, etc.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 days ago

    God, it might just be the autism, but before my first ever session I learned so much about the rules I was helping the gm remember them in the session. I can't imagine going in to it, much less continuing to play, without having a firm grasp of at least the basic rules of encounters and skill checks

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