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Originally Posted by Spectral Knight
D&D, RPG or not, is a very combat-oriented RPG, and the latest edition is more miniatures-oriented than even 3.5 (even 3.5 had fewer plugs for those annoying D&D collectible minis). The focus is on combat, pure and simple. Roleplaying takes a back seat to that. If it didn't, there wouldn't only be 8 pages in the PHB, the book that really needs pages on the subject, devoted to the actual roleplaying of characters. You're still killing things and taking their stuff. For many groups, that's as far as the roleplaying goes.
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Except that making decisions in character and having the effect of those decisions decided by a GM with the guidance of the rules is STILL roleplaying. Roleplaying doesn't just happen out of combat, it's combat and social interaction and trap solving and creating characters.
How many pages are needed for the roleplaying of characters? I don't recall entire chapters being given over to the subject in other games.