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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mournblade94" data-source="post: 5835912" data-attributes="member: 74608">The old appendix N cannot alienate anyone.  if they don't like that material they probably do not like sword and sorcery and so should look for a different game.It is a list of what D&D is, correct.  But those sources in appendix N are all very different experiences.  To say people 'do not like that material' means they are playing a game in the wrong genre.Certainly there are things D&D is not.  I agree Harry Potter could have a place in it.  Twilight I doubt, any more than you could have Beverly hills 90210 D&D.  I guess if you want to stick a troll under the bridge in Beverly hills you can claim to have a d&d there.There was a time that I did not know many of the books in Appendix N.  I would not have read them if not for D&D.  Now I know the books.  Similarly, if they focus on Appendix N they will inspire new generations to read the genre that is D&D.Certainly more should be added to Appendix N.  Game of Thrones, Lodoss Wars, Ninja Scroll, Wheel of Time, RA SALVATORE, and others.  D&D however is a game representative of a genre.Appendix N has 19th century writers, horror writers, sword and sorcery writers, and sci fi writers.  If one 'does not like the books in appendix N' they are playing the wrong game.</blockquote>