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<blockquote data-quote="Morlock" data-source="post: 6626696" data-attributes="member: 6776981">For me, the answer is yes. I'm designing a very science-fiction-y D&amp;D setting, in fact. But I just see this as D&amp;D, with a different emphasis, or more precisely, seen through a different lens. And I see this as something that's been there in D&amp;D since the beginning.Neither do I. I don't even like Steampunk, for that reason.* I consider my setting &quot;science fantasy&quot; (among other things) because the setting feels far more like a science-fiction setting than a traditional fantasy D&amp;D setting. Sort of like Dark Sun (which is the most similar setting I can think of, though not all that similar). It's the sort of setting that some players would look at and say, &quot;ppfft, that's not science-fantasy or sci-fi, that's just D&amp;D,&quot; because they've been playing up the more sword-and-sorcery and sci-fi aspects of D&amp;D all along, so that's how they see &quot;vanilla&quot; D&amp;D already. And other players would look at it and say, &quot;wow, that's really out there and different,&quot; because they've been playing very fantasy-oriented D&amp;D in the Realms (or whatever, fill in your standard fantasy setting here) all along.Exactly, that's one of the sci-fi elements I'm mixing in.D&amp;D really covers a wide range (when taken to include previous editions, and Pathfinder, I mean), and I'm really starting to enjoy that for the first time, since I've always been the second type of player I describe above.*actually, I lie. I don't want the setting to have widespread technology, but exceptions like Expedition to the Barrier Peaks can be fun, and I'm fine with that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Morlock, post: 6626696, member: 6776981"] For me, the answer is yes. I'm designing a very science-fiction-y D&D setting, in fact. But I just see this as D&D, with a different emphasis, or more precisely, seen through a different lens. And I see this as something that's been there in D&D since the beginning. Neither do I. I don't even like Steampunk, for that reason.* I consider my setting "science fantasy" (among other things) because the setting [i]feels[/i] far more like a science-fiction setting than a traditional fantasy D&D setting. Sort of like Dark Sun (which is the most similar setting I can think of, though not all that similar). It's the sort of setting that some players would look at and say, "ppfft, that's not science-fantasy or sci-fi, that's just D&D," because they've been playing up the more sword-and-sorcery and sci-fi aspects of D&D all along, so that's how they see "vanilla" D&D already. And other players would look at it and say, "wow, that's really out there and different," because they've been playing very fantasy-oriented D&D in the Realms (or whatever, fill in your standard fantasy setting here) all along. Exactly, that's one of the sci-fi elements I'm mixing in. D&D really covers a wide range (when taken to include previous editions, and Pathfinder, I mean), and I'm really starting to enjoy that for the first time, since I've always been the second type of player I describe above. *actually, I lie. I don't want the setting to have widespread technology, but exceptions like Expedition to the Barrier Peaks can be fun, and I'm fine with that. [/QUOTE]

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