Reply To: Dumbing Down RPG's

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I have found that to be the case with d&d 5E certainly, but then there’s plenty of other RPGs out there with different character creation methods with varying degrees of detail.  Ultimately it’s about a trade off between speed and detail – the more details you can tailor at character creation the longer it will take to create and vice versa.  D&D 5E, while it definitely isn’t my favourite game by a long stretch, makes character creation simple and quick.  I have also found that this doesn’t actually reduce the depth of the characters either because depth does not come from the numbers on the sheet but from the actions of the player.  Personally I actually enjoy games with more details and customisation options than d&d provides but I don’t think that games with less detailed character creation are “dumbed down”.