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<blockquote data-quote="kennew142" data-source="post: 4057605" data-attributes="member: 18490">What does D&amp;D offer that other game systems do not? IMO fun and ease of play. Others may disagree, but it's why I kept coming back to D&amp;D after all those other games.I agree that Vancian spell casting has been a central mechanism in the game to date, but that can change without losing the game. When skills and feats were added, they changed the game tremendously (for example), but it remained D&amp;D. It was the same when they got rid of THAC0 and xp based on how much gold you found. The Vancian magic system had already started to be replaced in 3e with spontaneous spell casting (sorcerers, bards, favored souls), spell point systems (psionics) and at will abilities (invocations and eldritch blasts). IMO losing the quasi-Vancian* system will be a great improvement to the game.*Quasi-Vancian because Dying Earth doesn't use spell components, and Jack Vance used other magic systems in other series.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kennew142, post: 4057605, member: 18490"] What does D&D offer that other game systems do not? IMO fun and ease of play. Others may disagree, but it's why I kept coming back to D&D after all those other games. I agree that Vancian spell casting has been a central mechanism in the game to date, but that can change without losing the game. When skills and feats were added, they changed the game tremendously (for example), but it remained D&D. It was the same when they got rid of THAC0 and xp based on how much gold you found. The Vancian magic system had already started to be replaced in 3e with spontaneous spell casting (sorcerers, bards, favored souls), spell point systems (psionics) and at will abilities (invocations and eldritch blasts). IMO losing the quasi-Vancian* system will be a great improvement to the game. *Quasi-Vancian because Dying Earth doesn't use spell components, and Jack Vance used other magic systems in other series. [/QUOTE]

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