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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 8114262" data-attributes="member: 4348">Gonzo has seemed to be part and parcel for many D&D players ever since Savage Species came out.  It had a precursor in 2e, but most didn't use that supplement.  In 3e you started seeing the Half Dragon/Half Troll/Half Ghoul/Half Vampire (yes, you have 2 living races, two undead for each portion) type characters with 3 or 4 other classes as the norm in some campaigns...and that wasn't all that unusual in areas I saw.The more extremes went to play Apes mixed with Blink Dogs and other oddities.If they were having fun...good for them.  That's what gaming is for...BUT...it was a LITTLE too gonzo for me when they have these types of characters and simply waltz into any city in the campaign and no one even blinks or thinks anything odd is going on when this cast of a party walks into a human town or elven village or Dwarven city...etc.I still see those asking and begging for playing these types of games today in D&D...so it's still a thing, but that's a tad too gonzo for me there.That said, AD&D in generaly (Greyhawk for example) may be considered to gonzo to some, even as it was in older versions (lots of magic in there)...but I'd consider that grounded...I guess it depends on what type of perspective you have.</blockquote>