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<blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 3803081" data-attributes="member: 467">NOTE: I am not a Palladium fanboy looking to start a fight.&nbsp; I am honestly curious.I have been on something of an &quot;old school fantasy rpg&quot; binge lately, so I decided to purchase, through Noble Knight Games, a copy of Palladium Fantasy 1E Revised, even though I had never heard a (A)D&amp;D fan speak well of it.&nbsp; Quite the opposite, actually -- Palladium seems to get a lot of hate from the D&amp;D crowd.Anyway, I read through it and don't quite get the problem.&nbsp; it is AD&amp;D, with a percentile skill system, more types of magic and a few rules changes that make it just a touch more granular.&nbsp; plus, it has an alignment system that makes far more sense.So, I am wondering: why does PFRPG invoke such ire from D&amp;D fans (and, to be fair, vice versa, as Palladium fans tend to be just as bad).&nbsp; Is it simply that the games (at least AD&amp;D vs PFRPG1) are, in fact, so similar that only minutiae and semantics -- which we all know drives most flame wars -- are at issue?&nbsp; or is there a non system related issue of whic I am not aware?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Reynard, post: 3803081, member: 467"] NOTE: I am not a Palladium fanboy looking to start a fight. I am honestly curious. I have been on something of an "old school fantasy rpg" binge lately, so I decided to purchase, through Noble Knight Games, a copy of Palladium Fantasy 1E Revised, even though I had never heard a (A)D&D fan speak well of it. Quite the opposite, actually -- Palladium seems to get a lot of hate from the D&D crowd. Anyway, I read through it and don't quite get the problem. it is AD&D, with a percentile skill system, more types of magic and a few rules changes that make it just a touch more granular. plus, it has an alignment system that makes far more sense. So, I am wondering: why does PFRPG invoke such ire from D&D fans (and, to be fair, vice versa, as Palladium fans tend to be just as bad). Is it simply that the games (at least AD&D vs PFRPG1) are, in fact, so similar that only minutiae and semantics -- which we all know drives most flame wars -- are at issue? or is there a non system related issue of whic I am not aware? [/QUOTE]

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