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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Najo" data-source="post: 3913754" data-attributes="member: 9959">The original D&D products before 3.0 didn't have to compete with computer games and movies like they do now. I think for that purpose they should include fluff. I think the fluffy should be interesting and exciting side bars that can be read casually and added into the game if you want to add it. Do not force it on players who do not want it by tying it into the game mechanics with no way to easily remove it. The players and DMs who do not want fluff in their crunch either a) hate the fluff or b) have their own fluff that is so important to them, this attempt to put fluff into the game steps on their own fluff. Some people don't think this is a big deal. I personally feel that WOTC has come along and thrown paint on my painting I didn't want there. This is not the same thing as core rules that give me mechanics for fighters, clerics, wizards etc.. D&D has always been that, and as the settings for D&D show, D&D can adapt to alot of worlds. Once you start forcing fluff onto my world, it is insulting and violating to my hard work.I also think that some of the work coming from 4e is silly. Golden Wyvern and Lightning Panther Strike are silly to me. It is not my thing. By moving away from Shape Spell and Lightning Strike, they are now dividing their customer base by adding colorful adjectives which some will like and some won't. As the poll shows, most of us prefer not to have this. WOTC should listen or I think this will be the first division of the player base that occurs.</blockquote>

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