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<blockquote data-quote="papastebu" data-source="post: 3519150" data-attributes="member: 40894">But it's such a good tune.&nbsp; If it's just the name being defended and not the ruleset, there's no consensus after all, right? What B is talking about is slightly out of kilter with what A is understanding, and vice-versa, and C is just compounding the problem. Unfortunately, this happens alot.I hadn't actually thought of it in these terms, before, but saying, &quot;Let's play D&amp;D,&quot; actually brings to mind a different set of ideas for everyone that hears it. My ruleset, for example, is such a mutated version of d20 and all forms of D&amp;D, coupled with bits and pieces from Earthdawn, Rifts, Shadowrun, all kinds of White Wolf, Ars Magica, et cetera, et al, that I can't call it D&amp;D, anymore. If I called it that and my old gaming group started to play it, their expectations wouldn't be met, and they'd probably get a little annoyed with me for not being more specific.It's kind of like the implied promise in a literary work. If you don't deliver, the reader is likely to put the book down, because they feel like they have been cheated.To be a little more on-topic, finally, I guess that I haven't decided to change systems, because there are no new systems to change to, and even if one popped up, I'd just take what I liked and leave the rest. My homebrew is the BORG of the RPG world. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="papastebu, post: 3519150, member: 40894"] But it's such a good tune. If it's just the name being defended and not the ruleset, there's no consensus after all, right? What B is talking about is slightly out of kilter with what A is understanding, and vice-versa, and C is just compounding the problem. Unfortunately, this happens alot. I hadn't actually thought of it in these terms, before, but saying, "Let's play D&D," actually brings to mind a different set of ideas for everyone that hears it. My ruleset, for example, is such a mutated version of d20 and all forms of D&D, coupled with bits and pieces from Earthdawn, Rifts, Shadowrun, all kinds of White Wolf, Ars Magica, [I]et cetera, et al[/I], that I can't call it D&D, anymore. If I called it that and my old gaming group started to play it, their expectations wouldn't be met, and they'd probably get a little annoyed with me for not being more specific. It's kind of like the implied promise in a literary work. If you don't deliver, the reader is likely to put the book down, because they feel like they have been cheated. To be a little more on-topic, finally, I guess that I haven't decided to change systems, because there are no new systems to change to, and even if one popped up, I'd just take what I liked and leave the rest. My homebrew is the BORG of the RPG world. :lol: [/QUOTE]

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