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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreatLemur" data-source="post: 3692179" data-attributes="member: 28553">Okay, so I caught a brainworm from <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=3690537&postcount=137" target="_blank">a post by Klaus</a> (the bit at the bottom, anyway), and now I think that what RPGs need right now is a new incarnation of the old Dungeons & Dragons cartoon to lure new blood into the hobby.  Between anime, Harry Potter, the Lord of the Rings movies, and (of course) World of Warcraft, I think younger teens are primed for fantasy action cartoons.  Hell, I'm sure there are loads of them on right now, but this thread is about one particular show: A new Dungeons & Dragons cartoon.So I'm posing the question to you lot: With an eye towards grabbing the attention of a new generation of gamers--rather than simply making a series you'd think was awesome--how would you create such a show?  Would you take the characters and concept of the original show and just update them?  Would you create a whole new cast?  What  kind of D&D setting would it showcase?  Would the protagonists be natives of that setting, or a bunch of kids from earth?  If they're from earth, would they be searching for a way back home, or would they be going back and forth at will?  Which D&D classes would they represent, if any?  Would they have game-derived skills and abilities of their own, or would they just wield an array of magic items?  Would it be 2D, 3D, or not a cartoon at all?I've been thinking about this for a while, and I've got some ideas.  I'll post them in a little bit.  For now, what do you folks think?</blockquote>

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