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<blockquote data-quote="maddman75" data-source="post: 4668081" data-attributes="member: 2673">To steal obryn's line, 4e D&amp;D is very good at being D&amp;D.&nbsp; I would not use it for other things, but rather other games.&nbsp; If I want Cthulhu, I'll play Call of Cthulhu.&nbsp; If I want survival horror, I'll play AFMBE or Dread.&nbsp; If I want wuxia over the top fantasy I'll play Exalted.&nbsp; On the Cthulhu front, I really feel any form of D&amp;D is inappropriate, as they have opposite themes.&nbsp; D&amp;D is all about the hero's journey, no matter what different spin you put on it.&nbsp; The characters start out barely competent, just a bit over the common folks around them.&nbsp; As they adventure they become more powerful, heroes of legend, eventually becoming lords or kings or demigods or what have you. Cthulhu is about the spiral downward.&nbsp; Your character at the start is competent, and doesn't really get much more competent as the game goes on.&nbsp; Skill may go up a bit, but not in a game changing way.&nbsp; The sanity rules though, mean every character feels like a ticking time bomb.&nbsp; If you play the same character long enough, they might get eaten by a monster.&nbsp; But eventually the *will* go crazy.&nbsp; Its all a matter of what you can do before you've Seen Too Much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="maddman75, post: 4668081, member: 2673"] To steal obryn's line, 4e D&D is very good at being D&D. I would not use it for other things, but rather other games. If I want Cthulhu, I'll play Call of Cthulhu. If I want survival horror, I'll play AFMBE or Dread. If I want wuxia over the top fantasy I'll play Exalted. On the Cthulhu front, I really feel any form of D&D is inappropriate, as they have opposite themes. D&D is all about the hero's journey, no matter what different spin you put on it. The characters start out barely competent, just a bit over the common folks around them. As they adventure they become more powerful, heroes of legend, eventually becoming lords or kings or demigods or what have you. Cthulhu is about the spiral downward. Your character at the start is competent, and doesn't really get much more competent as the game goes on. Skill may go up a bit, but not in a game changing way. The sanity rules though, mean every character feels like a ticking time bomb. If you play the same character long enough, they might get eaten by a monster. But eventually the *will* go crazy. Its all a matter of what you can do before you've Seen Too Much. [/QUOTE]

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