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<blockquote data-quote="LuisCarlos17f" data-source="post: 9303704" data-attributes="member: 6802378">Today a setting is not only the books published by WotC but mainly the great number of titles published in DMGuild. I dare to say WotC worries more about the DMGuild than the number of sales of the physical books. We don't know the final choice about the psionic mystic, or if they are going to add more psionic classes in the future. Now it would be easier to start from zero with a spiritual succesor than risking with a potentially controversial reboot.My theory is Dark Sun will be a survival videogame, because like this they shouldn't worry too much about the continuity. Ironically DS could be perfect as an allegory about the fear to the changes and the migrations. The new PC species after 2nd Ed would be inmigrantes, not wellcome by all the natives, but also the Athasian native need to go out and explore new lands to escape the tirany of the sorcerer-kings (maybe something like a reboot of Jackandor). Then these would become the inmigrants and the intruders. * What if now I affirmed elves and the spiritfolk from Kara-Tur are far cousins, who coul say the opposite?* Today with a tablet and a SRD you don't need to spend money to play D&amp;D. In my opinion D&amp;D is not only playing in the tabletop, but also when fans are creating their own characters and worlds with their imagination. If an otaku published in internet his own homebred setting, altough he wouldn't throw a dice, that would be D&amp;D too. When fans tells fan-fiction using D&amp;D as source of inspiration, that is also D&amp;D. * What fantasy Japanese franchises would be the easiest ones to be adapted to D&amp;D settings, Final Fantasy, Trials of Mana, Dragon Quest..?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LuisCarlos17f, post: 9303704, member: 6802378"] Today a setting is not only the books published by WotC but mainly the great number of titles published in DMGuild. I dare to say WotC worries more about the DMGuild than the number of sales of the physical books. We don't know the final choice about the psionic mystic, or if they are going to add more psionic classes in the future. Now it would be easier to start from zero with a spiritual succesor than risking with a potentially controversial reboot. My theory is Dark Sun will be a survival videogame, because like this they shouldn't worry too much about the continuity. Ironically DS could be perfect as an allegory about the fear to the changes and the migrations. The new PC species after 2nd Ed would be inmigrantes, not wellcome by all the natives, but also the Athasian native need to go out and explore new lands to escape the tirany of the sorcerer-kings (maybe something like a reboot of Jackandor). Then these would become the inmigrants and the intruders. * What if now I affirmed elves and the spiritfolk from Kara-Tur are far cousins, who coul say the opposite? * Today with a tablet and a SRD you don't need to spend money to play D&D. In my opinion D&D is not only playing in the tabletop, but also when fans are creating their own characters and worlds with their imagination. If an otaku published in internet his own homebred setting, altough he wouldn't throw a dice, that would be D&D too. When fans tells fan-fiction using D&D as source of inspiration, that is also D&D. * What fantasy Japanese franchises would be the easiest ones to be adapted to D&D settings, Final Fantasy, Trials of Mana, Dragon Quest..? [/QUOTE]

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