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<blockquote data-quote="slobster" data-source="post: 5976594" data-attributes="member: 6693711">That comment pretty well encapsulates why it would be hard for wizards to pull this off. Don't get me wrong, I love me a system that interleaves well with its setting. Rokugan suffered a lot when it was ported over to 3E back in the days when WotC owned L5R, for example.But the &quot;terrible generic fantasy crap&quot; you see is other peoples' favorite things about D&amp;D. And thanks to video games, novels, and other expanded universe stuff many gamers unfamiliar with D&amp;D specifically see it as all but synonymous with the Forgotten Realms. Besides that, for an edition about uniting the base, well, I think that alienating a broad swathe of your most dedicated fans aint the way to move forward. I'd love to see a few more books dedicated to meshing fantasy worlds with D&amp;D rules, but I don't think they'll abandon FR in the meantime (Greyhawk is less certain, but will hopefully see a little love, even if just as reprints a la the 3.5 and AD&amp;D reprints).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="slobster, post: 5976594, member: 6693711"] That comment pretty well encapsulates why it would be hard for wizards to pull this off. Don't get me wrong, I love me a system that interleaves well with its setting. Rokugan suffered a lot when it was ported over to 3E back in the days when WotC owned L5R, for example. But the "terrible generic fantasy crap" you see is other peoples' favorite things about D&D. And thanks to video games, novels, and other expanded universe stuff many gamers unfamiliar with D&D specifically see it as all but synonymous with the Forgotten Realms. Besides that, for an edition about uniting the base, well, I think that alienating a broad swathe of your most dedicated fans aint the way to move forward. I'd love to see a few more books dedicated to meshing fantasy worlds with D&D rules, but I don't think they'll abandon FR in the meantime (Greyhawk is less certain, but will hopefully see a little love, even if just as reprints a la the 3.5 and AD&D reprints). [/QUOTE]

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