Character Sheets and Conflict
Channel: Rym DeCoster
Date: 2013-08-20

Our Dungeons & Dragons character sheet tells us to kill the things we encounter.  The game's very rules push us toward violence rather than storytelling. The mechanics are lopsided toward fighting.  To be sure, you'll roll quite a few more dice if you fight with someone than if you try to trick them.

Scott and I flew to Melbourne, Victoria to lecture at PAX Australia 2013 (the first one)! This is an excerpt from our lecture there: Beyond Dungeons & Dragons.