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<blockquote data-quote="rounser" data-source="post: 3934032" data-attributes="member: 1106">You make the mistake of assuming that I think these things aren't D&amp;Disms, and that they automatically belong in the core because I'm engaging in edition wars.&nbsp; You assume wrong.I've always thought psionics didn't fit (Gygax agrees in retrospect), monks to be too oriental not to be a D&amp;Dism amongst so many occidental archetypes, and that half-orcs were borderline D&amp;Disms (being half-breeds), and perhaps too monstrous.They're indeed there in the core, though.&nbsp; My point is that just because we have some D&amp;Disms in the core as classes and races, that doesn't imply a blank cheque to overrun the core with them.And that's as it should be! (Within reason.)&nbsp; Some of the aesthetically worst monsters I've seen for D&amp;D are in the 3E MM, and come from reversing this equation.&nbsp; WOTC seem all too willing to leave flavour as an afterthought, bowing to some crunch need. This is bad news if not done in moderation IMO.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rounser, post: 3934032, member: 1106"] You make the mistake of assuming that I think these things aren't D&Disms, and that they automatically belong in the core because I'm engaging in edition wars. You assume wrong. I've always thought psionics didn't fit (Gygax agrees in retrospect), monks to be too oriental not to be a D&Dism amongst so many occidental archetypes, and that half-orcs were borderline D&Disms (being half-breeds), and perhaps too monstrous. They're indeed there in the core, though. My point is that just because we have some D&Disms in the core as classes and races, that doesn't imply a blank cheque to overrun the core with them. And that's as it should be! (Within reason.) Some of the aesthetically worst monsters I've seen for D&D are in the 3E MM, and come from reversing this equation. WOTC seem all too willing to leave flavour as an afterthought, bowing to some crunch need. This is bad news if not done in moderation IMO. [/QUOTE]

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