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<blockquote data-quote="Jer" data-source="post: 1690040" data-attributes="member: 19857"><p>Well, yeah. The amount of overlap is actually quite minimal, and the game balance issues of dropping the magic level in D&D to something approaching zero can really mess things up, but the perception is that D&D is for Middle Ages/Fantasy gaming and if d20 Modern moves into this area it might seem like its moving into D&D's "turf".</p><p></p><p>I could maybe see them doing something "dual-statted" for both D20 Modern and D&D, but even then I doubt Wizards would do something like that (it doesn't seem like something that would be hugely popular, though I'd buy a copy). Maybe some enterprising third party would be interested in doing a historical setting for d20 Modern?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The catalog entry actually says it covers from 1450 to 1950, so you'd really just need from 1950-1995 <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Seriously, the d20 Modern core should easily cover the "Modern" era (post WWII to present) without difficulty. It just would take an enterprising someone to write up a campaign for "d20 50's Atomic Horrors" or something. Polyhedron had a 70's inspired "Cannonball Run"-style game, and while it isn't d20 Modern, Spycraft does 60's style James Bond pretty well and I could see it working just as well in d20 Modern.</p><p></p><p>I'm actually really looking forward to d20 Past quite a bit - James Wyatt is one of my favorite WotC writers and I'm liking the d20 Modern system quite a bit. My only hope is that the book is actually more than 96 pages (even 128 pages would be nice). I do like the 19.95 price point though <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jer, post: 1690040, member: 19857"] Well, yeah. The amount of overlap is actually quite minimal, and the game balance issues of dropping the magic level in D&D to something approaching zero can really mess things up, but the perception is that D&D is for Middle Ages/Fantasy gaming and if d20 Modern moves into this area it might seem like its moving into D&D's "turf". I could maybe see them doing something "dual-statted" for both D20 Modern and D&D, but even then I doubt Wizards would do something like that (it doesn't seem like something that would be hugely popular, though I'd buy a copy). Maybe some enterprising third party would be interested in doing a historical setting for d20 Modern? The catalog entry actually says it covers from 1450 to 1950, so you'd really just need from 1950-1995 :) Seriously, the d20 Modern core should easily cover the "Modern" era (post WWII to present) without difficulty. It just would take an enterprising someone to write up a campaign for "d20 50's Atomic Horrors" or something. Polyhedron had a 70's inspired "Cannonball Run"-style game, and while it isn't d20 Modern, Spycraft does 60's style James Bond pretty well and I could see it working just as well in d20 Modern. I'm actually really looking forward to d20 Past quite a bit - James Wyatt is one of my favorite WotC writers and I'm liking the d20 Modern system quite a bit. My only hope is that the book is actually more than 96 pages (even 128 pages would be nice). I do like the 19.95 price point though :) [/QUOTE]
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