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<blockquote data-quote="Falling Icicle" data-source="post: 3864087" data-attributes="member: 17077">I have no problem with them changing the mechanics. In fact, I have liked most of what I've heard so far in that regard. It's all the (imo unnecessary) fluff changes that turn me off. What is wrong with the Elves we have had since the game came out, for example? Last I checked, they were perhaps the most popular fantasy race. You can have new rules without radically changing the setting and races in the game. I fail to see how having Eladrins is going to make anyone's game run smoother. It's purely fluff. You can improve the rules and gameplay and still keep the game true to itself.Imagine if in the next edition of Exalted, they decided to totally change the story and get rid of the Solar exalted or radically change them. You don't think people would have cause to be upset? The story in many ways defines the game. I recently tried the online Lord of the Rings game. I was reading a review of it, and they actually mocked the game for having elves, dwarves and hobits and not any new races. Those are the same races we've seen in fantasy for years, they said. Well duh. That's because that's what Tolkiens world is, and it would be disgraceful to butcher it with new races. That's how I feel about D&amp;D. Maybe some people don't like the old D&amp;D races, but I do. And I feel just as defensive about WotC butchering Elves in D&amp;D as I do about Tolkien's world.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Falling Icicle, post: 3864087, member: 17077"] I have no problem with them changing the mechanics. In fact, I have liked most of what I've heard so far in that regard. It's all the (imo unnecessary) fluff changes that turn me off. What is wrong with the Elves we have had since the game came out, for example? Last I checked, they were perhaps the most popular fantasy race. You can have new rules without radically changing the setting and races in the game. I fail to see how having Eladrins is going to make anyone's game run smoother. It's purely fluff. You can improve the rules and gameplay and still keep the game true to itself. Imagine if in the next edition of Exalted, they decided to totally change the story and get rid of the Solar exalted or radically change them. You don't think people would have cause to be upset? The story in many ways defines the game. I recently tried the online Lord of the Rings game. I was reading a review of it, and they actually mocked the game for having elves, dwarves and hobits and not any new races. Those are the same races we've seen in fantasy for years, they said. Well duh. That's because that's what Tolkiens world is, and it would be disgraceful to butcher it with new races. That's how I feel about D&D. Maybe some people don't like the old D&D races, but I do. And I feel just as defensive about WotC butchering Elves in D&D as I do about Tolkien's world. [/QUOTE]

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