I'll also say that the two really aren't mutually exclusive. Sometimes you'll get groups who have stretches of really silly, jokey stuff, then they'll get back into serious roleplay and intense story stuff. I'd argue that that's probably the default for most ttrpgs unless you're being really strict about it. Very few groups want to be constantly silly for an entire campaign and very few want to just be constantly serious. Both are exhausting for different reasons if they go on long enough.
True. Though the "Full silly" tends to be for shorter one-shots. Where there's less planning from the DM and it's all about just having a bit of fun so you might have some silly rules in place (I've seen things like any nat 20 comes with a Wild Magic roll. People starting with a Deck of Many Things. As well as various joke characters)
Normal campaigns tend to not have pure silly stuff, as players who try it will often find themselves not invited to subsequent sessions.
Originally Posted by Ixal
Its obvious that many people here have never played D&D as tabletop.
And it's obvious that some people haven't played with that many others.
Chainmail bikinis were never primarily attributed to D&D (How could it? TT D&D is more imagination than artwork), it's mostly a video game meme. One that is often founded in reality, where you can find plenty of games where female characters get revealing armours.
Horny bards are a thing though. As are horny Sorcerers. A lot of CHR players can only think of Charisma dialogues being seduction. The nuances of diplomacy, intimidation, coersion and other forms of manipulation are less apparent to them so they just go with "I seduce them" when they need to interact with NPC's.
Of course, this is less their need to RP having sex and more a way to obtain something from an NPC (Information, items etc). But it does create the reputation of those classes being "Horny" when their answers to situations is often "Seduction" (With it often being justification for a Sorcerer's bloodline like "Oh my dad was a Bard that boinked a Dragon that's why I'm a draconic sorcerer!")
