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I think I have finally "put my finger on it"
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<blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 3789788" data-attributes="member: 54846"><p>More in general I find this attitude troubling. Allow me to use an analogy.</p><p></p><p>I imagine there are many fans of comics back in the 40s-50s - after all, that's when Superman/Batman got their start. However, someone who read comics in that era could pick up an issue of Punisher today, gasp, and say "This is not a superhero comic! Where has comics gone?"</p><p></p><p>Superhero comics evolved. There are various ages of super hero comics - the Golden Age (40s-50s), where it was very black and white Good and Evil; Captain America fighting Nazis. Conflict and issues were simple. In the Silver Age (Mid 50s-early 70s), science fiction elements and origins appeared, as well as more complex issues like Character Development and personal conflicts. The Bronze Age (Mid 70s-80s) was similar to the Silver Age, except darker elements and more mature storylines filtered into the comics. Finally the Modern Age (80s-Today), characters are darker and more psychologically complex. </p><p></p><p>So if you grabbed two comic books, one from the Golden Age and one from the Modern Age, you could see a huge gap in tone and theme, with the latter comic supporting a wider aray of stories. But you can't argue that the Modern age comics are not superhero comics. Because they all have the same qualities: people with powers or unique resources going into conflict with issues larger than themselves, and prevailing, and often they are doing it for a good or reasonable cause. </p><p></p><p>So too has D&D evolved. We should let other elements of fantasy in, otherwise D&D will stagnate, and discourage new blood, hinder new stories from being told, not new possibilities to be allowable under the rules.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rechan, post: 3789788, member: 54846"] More in general I find this attitude troubling. Allow me to use an analogy. I imagine there are many fans of comics back in the 40s-50s - after all, that's when Superman/Batman got their start. However, someone who read comics in that era could pick up an issue of Punisher today, gasp, and say "This is not a superhero comic! Where has comics gone?" Superhero comics evolved. There are various ages of super hero comics - the Golden Age (40s-50s), where it was very black and white Good and Evil; Captain America fighting Nazis. Conflict and issues were simple. In the Silver Age (Mid 50s-early 70s), science fiction elements and origins appeared, as well as more complex issues like Character Development and personal conflicts. The Bronze Age (Mid 70s-80s) was similar to the Silver Age, except darker elements and more mature storylines filtered into the comics. Finally the Modern Age (80s-Today), characters are darker and more psychologically complex. So if you grabbed two comic books, one from the Golden Age and one from the Modern Age, you could see a huge gap in tone and theme, with the latter comic supporting a wider aray of stories. But you can't argue that the Modern age comics are not superhero comics. Because they all have the same qualities: people with powers or unique resources going into conflict with issues larger than themselves, and prevailing, and often they are doing it for a good or reasonable cause. So too has D&D evolved. We should let other elements of fantasy in, otherwise D&D will stagnate, and discourage new blood, hinder new stories from being told, not new possibilities to be allowable under the rules. [/QUOTE]
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