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<blockquote data-quote="Valiant" data-source="post: 3797972" data-attributes="member: 54792">If D&amp;D is just a&nbsp; name, and WOTC owns it and calls its latest version of its FRPG D&amp;D than it is (but then they could call any game D&amp;D and it would be).&nbsp; If D&amp;D is a certain &quot;range&quot; (rather then just a name or trademark) or combination of setting (classic sword and sorcery, low tech, Medievil, very Hobbitish (not so much LOTRish) and rules (DM is God, use of tables, few constants (other then to hit tables), archetypes with preset knowledge etc.)&nbsp; than no, modern D&amp;D is not the same D&amp;D anymore.&nbsp; THe setting is all wrong (Post apoptalyptic Road Warior meets Ion Flux, meets JonLuke Picard), and the rules produce another feel (DM is moderator at best, no tables, no solid archetypes with customization as king, monsters are all part class, battle resolution is too different), these things fall too far out on the &quot;spectrum&quot; to IMHO be D&amp;D (though they are an FRPG).&nbsp; Certainly 3.5 and 4E aren't going to be as close to D&amp;D (meaning OD&amp;D and AD&amp;D) then other systems that don't share the name.One of the things that bugs me about WOTCs adverts is how they bring back classic artwork (such as the cover of the PH 1E) to launch their product to show continuity that doesn't really exist.&nbsp; They use the past to glorify a future that has little in common with it, perhaps even its antithesis in many ways.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Valiant, post: 3797972, member: 54792"] If D&D is just a name, and WOTC owns it and calls its latest version of its FRPG D&D than it is (but then they could call any game D&D and it would be). If D&D is a certain "range" (rather then just a name or trademark) or combination of setting (classic sword and sorcery, low tech, Medievil, very Hobbitish (not so much LOTRish) and rules (DM is God, use of tables, few constants (other then to hit tables), archetypes with preset knowledge etc.) than no, modern D&D is not the same D&D anymore. THe setting is all wrong (Post apoptalyptic Road Warior meets Ion Flux, meets JonLuke Picard), and the rules produce another feel (DM is moderator at best, no tables, no solid archetypes with customization as king, monsters are all part class, battle resolution is too different), these things fall too far out on the "spectrum" to IMHO be D&D (though they are an FRPG). Certainly 3.5 and 4E aren't going to be as close to D&D (meaning OD&D and AD&D) then other systems that don't share the name. One of the things that bugs me about WOTCs adverts is how they bring back classic artwork (such as the cover of the PH 1E) to launch their product to show continuity that doesn't really exist. They use the past to glorify a future that has little in common with it, perhaps even its antithesis in many ways. [/QUOTE]

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