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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Shey" data-source="post: 8820412" data-attributes="member: 7026617">Absolutely.&nbsp; But that's kind of the point; things that have changed with every edition are going to not be viewed as core because they've changed with every edition.&nbsp; Consider something as simple as climbing a wall; go back through time and ask an OD&amp;D GM, a AD&amp;D2e GM and a D&amp;D4e era GM how that's done and you'll get three different answers.&nbsp; Ask them how characters advance and you'll get fundamentally the same one.&nbsp; Levels and at least approximately what they mean has been a substrate of the game since its inception, and has only changed in ways that most people would consider trivial from that.I'm afraid I can't follow you there, and the reason is, I've played and/or run OD&amp;D, D&amp;D3e, D&amp;D4e and related family games like PF2e and SotDL, and they feel much more similar than a game like RuneQuest or Fantasy Hero.&nbsp; That doesn't mean there aren't some real differences, but they're still giving that fundamentally D&amp;D-like experience.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thomas Shey, post: 8820412, member: 7026617"] Absolutely. But that's kind of the point; things that have changed with every edition are going to not be viewed as core [I]because they've changed with every edition. [/I]Consider something as simple as climbing a wall; go back through time and ask an OD&D GM, a AD&D2e GM and a D&D4e era GM how that's done and you'll get three different answers. Ask them how characters advance and you'll get fundamentally the same one. Levels and at least approximately what they mean has been a substrate of the game since its inception, and has only changed in ways that most people would consider trivial from that. I'm afraid I can't follow you there, and the reason is, I've played and/or run OD&D, D&D3e, D&D4e and related family games like PF2e and SotDL, and they feel much more similar than a game like RuneQuest or Fantasy Hero. That doesn't mean there aren't some real differences, but they're still giving that fundamentally D&D-like experience. [/QUOTE]

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