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<blockquote data-quote="Galloglaich" data-source="post: 5196883" data-attributes="member: 77019">But you are missing the point.&nbsp; Whether you want to call the&nbsp; mechanics &quot;magical&quot; or not 4E is still a type of supernatural superhero&nbsp; world, a very very specific artificial genre which doesn't really relate&nbsp; to anything outside of the RPG / MMORPG / comic book subculture.&nbsp; Battleminds and Runepriests and paragon class powers don't show up in History, mythology, literature or cinema that I'm aware of.&nbsp; I don't see any Teiflings in Kirosawa Samurai flicks or in the Arabian knights or Robert E Howard or Jack Vance or the Icelandic Sagas or the Ring of the Nibelungenleid.&nbsp; No, you didn't.&nbsp; Because in earlier versions of DnD&nbsp; while you maybe 'needed' a healer if you used the RAW and played canned modules, but per Mousferautus&nbsp; blog, you weren't as closely wedded to the RAW or published material as you are now,&nbsp; which is why there was still room for so many other styles and contexts&nbsp; which did have some relation to the world outside of certain cliche fantasy RPG&nbsp; stereotypes.G.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Galloglaich, post: 5196883, member: 77019"] But you are missing the point. Whether you want to call the mechanics "magical" or not 4E is still a type of supernatural superhero world, a very very specific artificial genre which doesn't really relate to anything outside of the RPG / MMORPG / comic book subculture. Battleminds and Runepriests and paragon class powers don't show up in History, mythology, literature or cinema that I'm aware of. I don't see any Teiflings in Kirosawa Samurai flicks or in the Arabian knights or Robert E Howard or Jack Vance or the Icelandic Sagas or the Ring of the Nibelungenleid. No, you didn't. Because in earlier versions of DnD while you maybe 'needed' a healer if you used the RAW and played canned modules, but per Mousferautus blog, [I]you weren't as closely wedded to the RAW or published material as you are now[/I], which is why there was still room for so many other styles and contexts which did have some relation to the world outside of certain cliche fantasy RPG stereotypes. G. [/QUOTE]

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