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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 3941732" data-attributes="member: 2525">Yes but &quot;what is D&amp;D&quot; is a question with an objective answer.&nbsp; It's not a subjective one.&nbsp; &quot;What is the style of D&amp;D that I like&quot; is a subjective question.3.5 with expansions looks drastically more different from OD&amp;D than the differences between 4e and 3.5e with expansions.&nbsp; And yet, 3.5 with expansions was (and is) D&amp;D, just as much as OD&amp;D was (and is) D&amp;D.&nbsp; 4e will still have classes and races and dungeons and monsters and wilderness adventures and quests and all the major summary themes of OD&amp;D, 3.5e D&amp;D, and all the other versions of D&amp;D.&nbsp; The details are different between the editions, but the broad outline and theme is not.&nbsp; It's all D&amp;D (just different flavors).&nbsp; And I don't see that as &quot;What is Mistwell's opinion of what D&amp;D is&quot;.&nbsp; I see that as the objective answer - the one that goes into things like Wikipedia or encyclopedias or quizz shows or game conventions or ordinary conversation or any other place where the general question might be asked &quot;What is D&amp;D&quot;.&nbsp; The answer that will come back is &quot;D&amp;D is a RPG game with themes X Y and Z that has various editions including the latest edition, 4e&quot; or something like that.&nbsp; 4e will be included in that answer as a version of D&amp;D.&nbsp; It's not the version you like, it's not the one you prefer or want to play, but it will go down in history as part of the definition of &quot;What is D&amp;D&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 3941732, member: 2525"] Yes but "what is D&D" is a question with an objective answer. It's not a subjective one. "What is the style of D&D that I like" is a subjective question. 3.5 with expansions looks drastically more different from OD&D than the differences between 4e and 3.5e with expansions. And yet, 3.5 with expansions was (and is) D&D, just as much as OD&D was (and is) D&D. 4e will still have classes and races and dungeons and monsters and wilderness adventures and quests and all the major summary themes of OD&D, 3.5e D&D, and all the other versions of D&D. The details are different between the editions, but the broad outline and theme is not. It's all D&D (just different flavors). And I don't see that as "What is Mistwell's opinion of what D&D is". I see that as the objective answer - the one that goes into things like Wikipedia or encyclopedias or quizz shows or game conventions or ordinary conversation or any other place where the general question might be asked "What is D&D". The answer that will come back is "D&D is a RPG game with themes X Y and Z that has various editions including the latest edition, 4e" or something like that. 4e will be included in that answer as a version of D&D. It's not the version you like, it's not the one you prefer or want to play, but it will go down in history as part of the definition of "What is D&D". [/QUOTE]

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