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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Urbannen" data-source="post: 1006671" data-attributes="member: 7643">Agback's analysis is excellent.  I don't really know how "traditional" the fantasy of D&D is, what with all the half-fiend halfling psychic warrior/assassins running around with belts of ogre strenth +6 and wielding assorted energy burst weapons that they keep in their Heward's Handy Haversacks.    I read an interesting post on Montecook.com recently.  The poster suggested thinking of D&D in terms of a space opera in which magic is technology and the races are the different intelligent species, in other words, more like Star Wars.  I think it works really well for all the screwball things you see in the D&D game, and is in fact the only way I get my mind around some of the character options and items that are available.  In my mind traditional fantasy is having a mildly to very competent human, elf, halfling, or dwarf with at best a couple of decent magic items, or if very lucky, a couple of very decent magic items.</blockquote>