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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 8268006" data-attributes="member: 6785785">I literally posted about a group wanting to play a game like the film “Aliens” meaning the second film in the series. DBW then posted a response how he could craft a suitable scenario for the first movie. Right. You ONLY want to play D&D. We get it at this point. So what’s the issue? Based on how you describe your ability to make D&D do whatever you want, I can’t imagine you ask for much advice about the topic, so the issue may be about what others get from forum posts? That others may be given crappy “you should just play x game”? If that’s the case, okay yeah. Then consider my posts an attempt to let others know that using other games besides D&D is actually a good idea. It may be. Some mechanics can be lifted from one game and dropped into another fairly easily. Many cannot, and require a lot more consideration. For example, I think that emulating most forms of horror requires a lot more than just a fear mechanic and the like. Adding a horror factor or insanity stat by itself may get you through a D&D session that’s meant to evoke some horror themes. But for a persistent game? In the long run it’ll be more D&D than it will horror. It may be. It depends. Someone asked at what point would you consider “maybe game X is really what you’re looking for” actually be decent advice? I think it’s a relevant question and if it was answered I think I missed it. What do you think? No? The below certainly implies itIt’s very doable. It may benefit from other mechanics, but may not.If this is you saying it’s not as effective, I’d say it’s a pretty unclear way to do so. Yeah dude. All you’re saying is that you want to only play fantasy as your primary genre, and mix some others in every now and then. In which case, sure knock yourself out. I would say even in this case, there are systems equally suited or maybe even better for that concept.  And if you wanted a genre other than fantasy to be the primary focus, then there are definitely better systems.</blockquote>

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