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If you could put D&D into any other non middle ages genre, what would it be?
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<blockquote data-quote="Derren" data-source="post: 7625874" data-attributes="member: 2518"><p>And this is why D&D, and other HP/Level systems are bad for western or more modern setting. Because of the large disconnect between how the (N)PCs are supposed to behave (keep your heads down, expect a gatling or equivalent to prevent someone from charging through an area) and how the game actually plays out (don't be suppressed because it can't kill you, rather charge forward and running through gatling fire being 100% safe).</p><p>A good system would minimize this disconnect, but in D&D it only grows the more modern the setting becomes until you again reach fantasy settings (in space).</p><p></p><p>WW2 or modern settings are especially bad with D&D. You have semi-automatic weapons everywhere, but you still can easily go into melee and also have situations where you simply "eat a grenade" because you have enough HP and want to use your move action for something else. And if you are really high level you can even survive getting shot at with high caliber weapons (cannons, 20mm guns or even the main gun of a tank).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Derren, post: 7625874, member: 2518"] And this is why D&D, and other HP/Level systems are bad for western or more modern setting. Because of the large disconnect between how the (N)PCs are supposed to behave (keep your heads down, expect a gatling or equivalent to prevent someone from charging through an area) and how the game actually plays out (don't be suppressed because it can't kill you, rather charge forward and running through gatling fire being 100% safe). A good system would minimize this disconnect, but in D&D it only grows the more modern the setting becomes until you again reach fantasy settings (in space). WW2 or modern settings are especially bad with D&D. You have semi-automatic weapons everywhere, but you still can easily go into melee and also have situations where you simply "eat a grenade" because you have enough HP and want to use your move action for something else. And if you are really high level you can even survive getting shot at with high caliber weapons (cannons, 20mm guns or even the main gun of a tank). [/QUOTE]
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