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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr. Strangemonkey" data-source="post: 855588" data-attributes="member: 6533">I think the competition between them is a little silly.   It seems to me that's like comparing a dictionary and a novel.   They work on different levels.But, to be specific, I am more excited about AU, but that isn't an indictment of 3.5.  I don't know that I should be excited about 3.5.  Certainly, I'm very happy it's coming out, but it's something that should be expected of DnD.  I'm glad they're adjusting to feedback.  But the real excitement of d20 and OGL is that it feeds into all of these neat ideas for specificity amid the genericness.AU is something I should be excited about just like I was excited about Spycraft.  It's one more end product of the core rules.   A deeper project than most, but that's to the good.  The sort of meta-thinking that's going into AU is very good for systems.  Plus I like a lot of the specific details of the way the game seems to be cooked.   What with balance and flavor and all.   And I have to say that I am looking forward to the Diamond Throne setting.  And while I would be looking forward to it regardless, I have to say that the way it ties into the AU rules should make it more fascinating than the vast majority of systems out there.  They're both just one more revolution of the great system that is OGL and d20.</blockquote>