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d20 modern Failed...why? (or did it?)
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<blockquote data-quote="questing gm" data-source="post: 4688225" data-attributes="member: 24003"><p>I adore the system. It was flexible and generic but did suffer from it. Then came along the era books which I thought was really useful to expand on the system so that it doesn't stay in the modern era.</p><p></p><p>Sadly, the system died a slow and silent death by the time Dark Matter came out. Anyone remembered Project Javelin and D20 Supers? As far as I'm concern, WotC has laid this line to rest and there probably isn't a dedicated design team behind it anymore. Most of the initial batch got laid off and went on to form their own companies which continued to support the system.</p><p></p><p>Did it fail? I would say yes as far as WoTC is concerned if not they wouldn't have let it die.</p><p></p><p>Did it succeed? The legacy lives in among the 3PP and thankfully it was made during the OGL period so that's the source of supplements to look for (and there are already numerous good ones) if you want something more out of the system. </p><p></p><p>Btw, I voted 'yes' but it was to the question of did I love the system. <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 ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="questing gm, post: 4688225, member: 24003"] I adore the system. It was flexible and generic but did suffer from it. Then came along the era books which I thought was really useful to expand on the system so that it doesn't stay in the modern era. Sadly, the system died a slow and silent death by the time Dark Matter came out. Anyone remembered Project Javelin and D20 Supers? As far as I'm concern, WotC has laid this line to rest and there probably isn't a dedicated design team behind it anymore. Most of the initial batch got laid off and went on to form their own companies which continued to support the system. Did it fail? I would say yes as far as WoTC is concerned if not they wouldn't have let it die. Did it succeed? The legacy lives in among the 3PP and thankfully it was made during the OGL period so that's the source of supplements to look for (and there are already numerous good ones) if you want something more out of the system. Btw, I voted 'yes' but it was to the question of did I love the system. ;) [/QUOTE]
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