Quote Originally Posted by DPZ2 View Post
Anyone who thinks D&D is not a story game is greatly mistaken. Every campaign is a different story.
Tbh I both agree and disagree.
Most people really just play DnD as a generic '' bonk evil wizard/ dragon or whatever on the head '', there's quite a lot of gatekeeping and people who have very low tolerance for DnD that doesn't just revolve around guys in google copy pasted armor going into a dungeon to slay a monster.
It really does just feel like an imaginary combat sim with dice sometimes or that's at least how a lot of people approach it.

And dear lawd forbid you want to play something that doesn't fit into a stereotypical generic archetype it really feels like every fighter, bard, thief, wizard or whatever are identical even down to their character designs.
If you've seen a wizard before you've basically seen them all, same with the rest too.

For a game that's supposed to be about story telling people have a pretty severe lack of imagination and acceptance towards anything that doesn't fit into the most generic DnD trope.