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I refuse to believe you all would really let your players bully you into running only d&d (ttrpg.network)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by TheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.network to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network

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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I think it's an error to treat "I play DND" the same as "I play RPGs". It's like "I play baseball" vs "I play sports".

There are too many reasons to succinctly list why people might be sticking to DND.

In my experience, you'll have better luck finding players who want to play something else rather than trying to convert DND players.

[–] sirblastalot@ttrpg.network 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

People just don't like homework. (Which is perfectly understandable) And for most people most of the time, learning a new system is homework.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 10 points 2 months ago

Some people never really learned DND either, but kind of get carried along by the group. I feel like you could switch out systems on those people and they wouldn't do any worse.

But I get it. Some people are more casual. Some people have executive dysfunction. My current strategy is to find people who want to play what I want to play, and it's working okay. Still makes me a little sad that DND is so mega popular, but okay.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 9 points 2 months ago

On the other hand, DMing also involves a lot of homework, so it's completely understandable that someone might want to switch to doing homework for a different subject on occasion.