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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EricNoah" data-source="post: 856174" data-attributes="member: 4">I voted AU.3.5 is a necessary thing for WotC and for the future of D&D.  For me, it's not a particularly exciting next step.  Useful, possibly at some point (though I will probably stick with 3.0 for the immediate future), but exciting (to me) ... no.AU, on the other hand, excites me for what it is attempting to do.  Not that the particular races or classes in particular are "just the thing I was missing" or something.... it's the very idea of "playing D&D" minus the assumptions about what has to be there for it to still be D&D.  I do think there's something of the "newness" factor -- it will be like starting over again, and to me that's pretty nifty.  There will be lots of discoveries to make and unknowns to experience, yet still with the rules framework I'm used to, and I think that will be a pretty fun thing to be involved in.  Now, oddly enough, I don't think my players (with one exception) are going to be interested in doing AU.  But I think between my three gaming groups we'll be able to find a few people who want to give it a try.</blockquote>