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Hot Take: 5e is too bloated with unnecessary rules and should be simplified (ttrpg.network)

submitted 1 year ago by TheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.network to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network

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I recommend this video to look more into OSR philosophy regarding the rules: https://www.youtube.com/live/bCxZ3TivVUM?si=aZ-y2U_AVjn9a6Ua

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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is why I'm switching to GURPS. It has rules for everything, but it's very clear that you only need a handful of them, and the rest are options you can decide to use or not. I'm probably not going to use the rocket equations in the Space book to make space travel more realistic, but it's nice that they're there in case I wanted to.

[–] ingeanus@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

Praise be to GURPs! It's unfortunate that there seems to be a persistent sentiment that DMs should be making snap arbitration on a large variety of systems instead of having a rule-base that you can ignore when it gets in the way of your storytelling.

GURPS does this some much better because it does have rules for almost any genre and style you want, letting you have professionally crafted rules that have been playtested and matches to the genre they are designed for that you can use either way.