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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 8310982" data-attributes="member: 32740">It's a poll.&nbsp; I'm happy to discuss what my choices are on any poll, and why - but I can't properly make choices on that poll if I have to first retroactively explain/define the poll options.&nbsp; Take the set of options of industrial, modern, future/space, stone age, and classical.&nbsp; Are these meant to be non-fantasy options?&nbsp; Is it meant to be industrial-fantasy (i.e. steampunk?), or NON-fantasy industrial of a real-world kind of setting but simply set in the industrial age?&nbsp; Is it modern-fantasy (i.e. maybe more like Shadowrun), or just adventure gaming set in 2021 Earth?&nbsp; Is it future/space fantasy (like Star Wars?), or just adventure gaming but in real-world 2300AD?&nbsp;&nbsp; Is it plain old stone age like... Clan of the Cave Bear or Quest for Fire, or One Million Years BC; or stone age settings with magic and the usual monster manual?&nbsp; Is classical-fantasy meaning perhaps a Greco-Roman inspired world setting, or one that also includes magic and orcs and actual dragons?Not meaning to keep hitting this so hard, but a poll that is apparently trying to explore which general genre is most appealing is different than just stepping into the comments and saying, &quot;I want to choose between D&amp;D-Meets-The-Wild-West and Expedition-To-The-Barrier-Peaks as a new D&amp;D setting.&quot;&nbsp; Setting up a poll is different than just a first post that lists: industrial, modern, future/space, stone age, and classical; then asks you to speculate on a possible setting under that name.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 8310982, member: 32740"] It's a poll. I'm happy to discuss what my choices are on any poll, and why - but I can't properly make choices on that poll if I have to first retroactively explain/define the poll options. Take the set of options of industrial, modern, future/space, stone age, and classical. Are these meant to be non-[I]fantasy[/I] options? Is it meant to be industrial-fantasy (i.e. steampunk?), or NON-fantasy industrial of a real-world kind of setting but simply set in the industrial age? Is it modern-fantasy (i.e. maybe more like Shadowrun), or just adventure gaming set in 2021 Earth? Is it future/space fantasy (like Star Wars?), or just adventure gaming but in real-world 2300AD? Is it plain old stone age like... Clan of the Cave Bear or Quest for Fire, or One Million Years BC; or stone age settings with magic and the usual monster manual? Is classical-fantasy meaning perhaps a Greco-Roman inspired world setting, or one that also includes magic and orcs and actual dragons? Not meaning to keep hitting this so hard, but a poll that is apparently trying to explore which general genre is most appealing is different than just stepping into the comments and saying, "I want to choose between [I]D&D-Meets-The-Wild-West[/I] and [I]Expedition-To-The-Barrier-Peaks[/I] as a new D&D setting." Setting up a poll is different than just a first post that lists: industrial, modern, future/space, stone age, and classical; then asks you to speculate on a possible setting under that name. [/QUOTE]

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