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<blockquote data-quote="TwinBahamut" data-source="post: 3764606" data-attributes="member: 32536">I am not disagreeing. Keep in mind, I listed Final Fantasy as something I think D&amp;D should be like, and in Final Fantasy 1 there are giant war robots, talking robots, and a techological flying castle. Those elements keep coming back, too. Omega in FF5, the Tower of Babel and Lunarian civilization of FF4... Also, I listed Scrapped Princess as a good fantasy anime. If you havn't seen it, imagine a fantasy world which is entirely a construct of an advanced alien civilization which defeated mankind, and this world exists only to serve as a prison for humans, forcefully keeping them at a low technological level, and powerful technological weapon systems called &quot;dragons&quot; are trying to help humans break free.So, I have no objection to science fiction elements as such expicitly showing up in D&amp;D. I mostly have a problem with &quot;alien&quot; entities or elements found primarily in sci-fi being used as inspiration for the fantastic elements, rather than remaining explicitly sci-fi. Stuff like basing a new race on something you would see in Star Trek, rather than on something from a fantasy work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TwinBahamut, post: 3764606, member: 32536"] I am not disagreeing. Keep in mind, I listed Final Fantasy as something I think D&D should be like, and in Final Fantasy 1 there are giant war robots, talking robots, and a techological flying castle. Those elements keep coming back, too. Omega in FF5, the Tower of Babel and Lunarian civilization of FF4... Also, I listed Scrapped Princess as a good fantasy anime. If you havn't seen it, imagine a fantasy world which is entirely a construct of an advanced alien civilization which defeated mankind, and this world exists only to serve as a prison for humans, forcefully keeping them at a low technological level, and powerful technological weapon systems called "dragons" are trying to help humans break free. So, I have no objection to science fiction elements as such expicitly showing up in D&D. I mostly have a problem with "alien" entities or elements found primarily in sci-fi being used as inspiration for the [i]fantastic[/i] elements, rather than remaining explicitly sci-fi. Stuff like basing a new race on something you would see in Star Trek, rather than on something from a fantasy work. [/QUOTE]

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