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<blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 3970203" data-attributes="member: 5100"><p>Not I. As fortune would have it, I don't see anime when I look at the 4E art or anything else that's been revealed. Since you do, we may both end up happy, and I hope we do.</p><p></p><p>I have always seen D&D as a tool for creating a fantasy campaign of various genres (not all at once, but a broad selection). I dislike the 3E (and prior) moves toward "D&D emulates D&D" because it restricts the tool and narrows the focus.</p><p></p><p>If 4E is capable of handling the anime flavor you like without removing the pseudo-Medieval European, swords and sorcery, and pulpish flavor I like, then I would welcome it. </p><p></p><p>If the result would involve having a lot of manga/anime art, over-the-top "martial" abilities, etc. so prominent that I wasn't able to read the rulebooks without feeling like the flavor was being pushed at me or that I was trying to fit my square peg in an anime-shaped hole, then I'm afraid I have to say, "tough." D&D has been strongly in "my" genre for 30 years. </p><p></p><p>I play D&D because I like the feel it has evoked since I was nine (probably around the time you were born). I can't imagine picking up Exalted or L5R and demanding that those systems did a good job of emulating the feel of King Arthur, Tolkien, or Conan. Any Exalted players would be rightfully aggravated if the flavor shifted so far that way that they weren't able to use the system for the flavor that originally brought them to the game.</p><p></p><p>I don't hold any malice against anyone who wants to play an anime-themed game. What you do it your living room doesn't impact me in mine. I think it's fair, though, for me for me to be a bit protective of the flavor of D&D. </p><p></p><p>If D&D turns into a strongly anime-flavored game, you may have one more game to play, but I have one less.</p><p></p><p>But, as I said, if 4E can handle your needs without losing the ability to handle mine, I'm genuinely happy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercule, post: 3970203, member: 5100"] Not I. As fortune would have it, I don't see anime when I look at the 4E art or anything else that's been revealed. Since you do, we may both end up happy, and I hope we do. I have always seen D&D as a tool for creating a fantasy campaign of various genres (not all at once, but a broad selection). I dislike the 3E (and prior) moves toward "D&D emulates D&D" because it restricts the tool and narrows the focus. If 4E is capable of handling the anime flavor you like without removing the pseudo-Medieval European, swords and sorcery, and pulpish flavor I like, then I would welcome it. If the result would involve having a lot of manga/anime art, over-the-top "martial" abilities, etc. so prominent that I wasn't able to read the rulebooks without feeling like the flavor was being pushed at me or that I was trying to fit my square peg in an anime-shaped hole, then I'm afraid I have to say, "tough." D&D has been strongly in "my" genre for 30 years. I play D&D because I like the feel it has evoked since I was nine (probably around the time you were born). I can't imagine picking up Exalted or L5R and demanding that those systems did a good job of emulating the feel of King Arthur, Tolkien, or Conan. Any Exalted players would be rightfully aggravated if the flavor shifted so far that way that they weren't able to use the system for the flavor that originally brought them to the game. I don't hold any malice against anyone who wants to play an anime-themed game. What you do it your living room doesn't impact me in mine. I think it's fair, though, for me for me to be a bit protective of the flavor of D&D. If D&D turns into a strongly anime-flavored game, you may have one more game to play, but I have one less. But, as I said, if 4E can handle your needs without losing the ability to handle mine, I'm genuinely happy. [/QUOTE]
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