“It’s like fantasy, but really gay”
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It was always possible but the WotC era, and specifically the 5e era has been about telling a story rather than playing a game. It's almost become more about playing pre-written campaigns with a defined start and end, with character arcs, etc.
D&D has become a lifestyle product rather than a game. There was a guy bagging my groceries with a rainbow d20 tat on, so I foolishly asked him how long he'd been playing for, since I've been playing since I was 8 in 1986. He told me he had never played before, he just really liked Critical Role.
edit: to be fair, it's always been done by people trying to force D&D to do things it's not designed to do rather than play a game specifically intended for that sort of playstyle, it's just far more over about telling you that you're Playing Wrong
Critical Role will always be the worst thing to happen to dnd and is what made me realize why gate keeping hobbies is so important when i was younger i always wanted more people to play and enjoy the things i loved but now i realize they are a parasite
Normie acceptance is the kiss of death. Look what happened when games and anime became mainstream.
Now Solo Leveling is winning anime of the year when more thoughtful shows like Frieren get shoved to the wayside. Muh aura farming faggot incel power fantasy shit
When someone used to hollywood trash sees sakuga the first time, it tends to blind them to any failings of the show. Solo Leveling isn't a very good show, but it admittedly is a very pretty show.
The target demo changed from autists to drama kids. It is one of the mediums that they've successfully taken over.
I rememebr hearing from an aquantince that's she'd started playing with some othe theater career rejects. I forget what I asked. Some basic "how's it going" and she said essentially "Oh I don't know, we didnt really do the levels part"
Its stuck with me. And this is coming from a guy who does dice less when I GM.
I blame the downward trajectory of Vampire the Masquerade for this
Yes, back when I was younger, we didn't have any women in our group, and it wasn't because we didn't try. They refused to be seen with us nerds. We weren't even picky about who we gamed with, it was enough to be interested in playing the game, and we always needed new players so unless you were completely unbearable to be around, you were in.