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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 264281" data-attributes="member: 2205">I disagree.  I think D&D is a LCD for RPGs in general.  Not necessarily because it's a better, simpler or anything along those lines, just because it was first, it's still by far the most familiar, and it has a big user base.And what's all this other stuff?  SHARK get's all kinds of respect (not that he doesn't deserve it) for saying essentially the same thing as KK, while KK is blasted by a bunch of reactionaries?  Perhaps SHARK's tone was better (OK, it definitely was) but he said the same thing that pissed everyone off when KK said it.I can't believe I'm even stepping into this, since I'm not a Harn fan, have never looked at Harn and really don't care one way or another.  But lets face it folks, we like d20 and all that, but it's not the be-all end-all of game systems.  It was purposely designed to be easily accessible and useable by anyone who wants to game (not that it necessarily is all that great in that regard, IMO the PHB reads like a really bad textbook) so it's not really an insult if someone says Harn was written at a higher reading level because it was aimed at more scholarly audience.Geez!  Some thin skins around here!</blockquote>