Azurewraith
Explorer
I think its interesting that this thread seems to be coming to the "agreement" that a "good" DnD game needs to follow the rules and not stick strictly to a setting as it then not much different from generic fantasy.
I never really thought about it that much until now but aside from a couple trademarked monsters, ye it would be generic perhaps this is more a issue with the realms(most likely what a DnD game would be) and instead a "better" game could be done using one of the more "niche" settings like Eberon or Darksun.
Using a niche setting then causes the issue of alienating the PnP crowd who hate that setting, so the game play would really need to be spot on but then if the games standing on game play wouldn't it just be a "good" game regardless of setting.
Am I just really over thinking this or is this an epic catch 22.
P.S sorry for all the air quotes they felt needed.
I never really thought about it that much until now but aside from a couple trademarked monsters, ye it would be generic perhaps this is more a issue with the realms(most likely what a DnD game would be) and instead a "better" game could be done using one of the more "niche" settings like Eberon or Darksun.
Using a niche setting then causes the issue of alienating the PnP crowd who hate that setting, so the game play would really need to be spot on but then if the games standing on game play wouldn't it just be a "good" game regardless of setting.
Am I just really over thinking this or is this an epic catch 22.
P.S sorry for all the air quotes they felt needed.