Peasant Railgun

I hadn't heard of this until it was called out in a paragraph in the new DND 2024 rules explaining that the game is an abstraction and not a physics textbook.

I think games this are most fun when you play within the bounds of the rules (as written) and not consider them reality simulators (...magic...). Then you can approach the rules as merely constraints in which to optimize solutions to problems.

Of course as games like DnD are also a social affair, it's worth making sure everyone is having fun with something like this, otherwise what's the point?

I never could get into DnD because of the roleplaying. To me games are a set of rules which I view as a puzzle.

For what it's worth, there are plenty of tables that focus a lot less on plot & roleplaying, and more on the combat & puzzle aspect. There are even whole RPGs that are effectively dungeon crawls, where your characters don't need much of a personality, and are often explicitly disposable.

D&D may not be for you, but I bet there's a RPG out there that is!

I personally haven't found much luck with finding tables that focus less on plot and roleplaying. Ever since Critical Role became very popular, the hobby has skewed heavily towards Roleplay and it's really disappointing

I don't know why people bother to play a game with rules when they don't actually want to engage with the rules ever

> I don't know why people bother to play a game with rules when they don't actually want to engage with the rules ever

There are definitely groups of players where there is an overemphasis on rules and combat.

To each their own.

An overemphasis on playing the game using the rules in the book?

Why even buy the book if you aren't going to play by the rules in the book? I have never understood this