Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 5767513" data-attributes="member: 5142">Sounds eerily similar to fanon discontinuity. &quot;It's not a legitimate sequel if we pretend like it's not.&quot; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> I prefer to treat Dungeons &amp; Dragons as the brand that it is. Even when things do not &quot;feel like D&amp;D to me,&quot; I do find it incredibly insulting (especially to those who hold that it is) to then say that it's not D&amp;D. This inherently carries the clear and demeaning implication that those who enjoy playing a particular incarnation of D&amp;D rulesets not preferred by the particular person are somehow &quot;not playing D&amp;D.&quot; For example, we see this even in Pathfinder. The new comic book will exhibit the Pathfinder brand, but it's clearly not a roleplaying game or will not even necessarily &quot;feel like Pathfinder,&quot; as it's about marketing the brand.&nbsp; As a game, Pathfinder is heavily based on 3.5 D&amp;D (practically cloned), but it does not care the D&amp;D brand; it is not D&amp;D. 4E D&amp;D may not &quot;feel like D&amp;D&quot; to some, but it carries the D&amp;D brand; therefore, it is D&amp;D. Believe it or not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aldarc, post: 5767513, member: 5142"] Sounds eerily similar to fanon discontinuity. "It's not a legitimate sequel if we pretend like it's not." ;) I prefer to treat Dungeons & Dragons as the brand that it is. Even when things do not "feel like D&D to me," I do find it incredibly insulting (especially to those who hold that it is) to then say that it's not D&D. This inherently carries the clear and demeaning implication that those who enjoy playing a particular incarnation of D&D rulesets not preferred by the particular person are somehow "not playing D&D." For example, we see this even in Pathfinder. The new comic book will exhibit the Pathfinder brand, but it's clearly not a roleplaying game or will not even necessarily "feel like Pathfinder," as it's about marketing the brand. As a game, Pathfinder is [i]heavily based[/i] on 3.5 D&D (practically cloned), but it does not care the D&D brand; it is not D&D. 4E D&D may not "feel like D&D" to some, but it carries the D&D brand; therefore, it [I]is[/I] D&D. Believe it or not. [/QUOTE]

Verification