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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 7793000" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>It absolutely is neophobia, or unreflected setting conservatism and I think it's easy to see that. Note that this not a political thing - this kind of conservatism is strictly small c and can be found in anyone of almost any age or background. </p><p></p><p>To demonstrate it, simply consider if Dragonborn, for example, were introduced to AD&D in 1E or 2E, would GH have found a way to incorporate them? Yes, unquestionably. GH kept integrating new elements in 1E and if it had received fair attention in 2E would have continued to do so. </p><p></p><p>GH is a huge setting with diverse and isolated nations. It would be extremely easy and not particularly disruptive to introduce more recent material, especially with a time jump. It would not change the flavour particularly either, because they would be minor new elements in a vast tapestry. </p><p></p><p>Most D&D settings are inherently kitchen sink and/or designed to incorporate new elements, and GH is no exception. </p><p></p><p>The reason people think otherwise, I would argue, is simple ossification. Because GH was barely touched even in 3E were it was nominally the default setting, people see it as a fixed, fossilised thing, not the once-growing and changing setting it was. But that does a disservice to GH, frankly. It deserves more than to be a museum piece, unchanged and forever stuck in some late 80s idyll. </p><p></p><p>In some alternate reality where GH kept strongly developing through the 90s and beyond, people are arguing the same things you are about GH, about the FR! By all means pay attention to what make GH, GH when moving it forwards, no one wants a repeat of the clumsy FR 4E situation (I say this a 4E fan generally but that was a mess), but don't put it in amber because you don't even want to consider how easily modern races and classes could fit into GH.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 7793000, member: 18"] It absolutely is neophobia, or unreflected setting conservatism and I think it's easy to see that. Note that this not a political thing - this kind of conservatism is strictly small c and can be found in anyone of almost any age or background. To demonstrate it, simply consider if Dragonborn, for example, were introduced to AD&D in 1E or 2E, would GH have found a way to incorporate them? Yes, unquestionably. GH kept integrating new elements in 1E and if it had received fair attention in 2E would have continued to do so. GH is a huge setting with diverse and isolated nations. It would be extremely easy and not particularly disruptive to introduce more recent material, especially with a time jump. It would not change the flavour particularly either, because they would be minor new elements in a vast tapestry. Most D&D settings are inherently kitchen sink and/or designed to incorporate new elements, and GH is no exception. The reason people think otherwise, I would argue, is simple ossification. Because GH was barely touched even in 3E were it was nominally the default setting, people see it as a fixed, fossilised thing, not the once-growing and changing setting it was. But that does a disservice to GH, frankly. It deserves more than to be a museum piece, unchanged and forever stuck in some late 80s idyll. In some alternate reality where GH kept strongly developing through the 90s and beyond, people are arguing the same things you are about GH, about the FR! By all means pay attention to what make GH, GH when moving it forwards, no one wants a repeat of the clumsy FR 4E situation (I say this a 4E fan generally but that was a mess), but don't put it in amber because you don't even want to consider how easily modern races and classes could fit into GH. [/QUOTE]
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