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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 6213699" data-attributes="member: 59082">This is all very well said, TerraDave. I think you make a good point - that D&amp;D kind of needed that next, logical step (You don't say it &quot;needed&quot; it, but it is a bit implied). I don't think JM gets this, but wanted D&amp;D to stay in some kind of eternal, archetypal state. But here's the rub: Can D&amp;D, as a tradition, include all stages of its development? Can all &quot;schools&quot; be active, alive and vital? I think the answer is &quot;yes&quot; - and that Mearls &amp; Company are banking on this, encouraging it.In some ways it mirrors cultural and artistic development on a larger scale, in particular the shift from modernism to postmodernism to what some call &quot;post-postmodernism&quot; or planetary or integral. The idea being, the &quot;new&quot; stage - that which we're moving towards - involves integrating all that came before, but in a new synthesis that is flexible and dynamic. This, I think, is a best of all worlds approach and something the James Maliszewksis of the world don't seem open to...yet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 6213699, member: 59082"] This is all very well said, TerraDave. I think you make a good point - that D&D kind of needed that next, logical step (You don't say it "needed" it, but it is a bit implied). I don't think JM gets this, but wanted D&D to stay in some kind of eternal, archetypal state. But here's the rub: Can D&D, as a tradition, include all stages of its development? Can all "schools" be active, alive and vital? I think the answer is "yes" - and that Mearls & Company are banking on this, encouraging it. In some ways it mirrors cultural and artistic development on a larger scale, in particular the shift from modernism to postmodernism to what some call "post-postmodernism" or planetary or integral. The idea being, the "new" stage - that which we're moving towards - involves integrating all that came before, but in a new synthesis that is flexible and dynamic. This, I think, is a best of all worlds approach and something the James Maliszewksis of the world don't seem open to...yet. [/QUOTE]

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