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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 6370235" data-attributes="member: 15700">That statement by the writer is the same thing as those people who say, &quot;5e doesn't have anything from my favorite edition X in it.&quot;, just on the opposite side of the spectrum.&nbsp; That is, there are only parts of each edition that he or she likes, and it just so happens that those are in 5e so he or she makes the statement that 5e includes the best of that edition, even if 5e doesn't include options from that edition that other people like.&nbsp; Just like if the parts of 4e that someone really likes that might not be in 5e exactly as they want, they say 5e doesn't have anything from 4e in it, despite there being elements of 4e there.The bottom line is this.&nbsp; We've had the OSR crowd say that 5e is too much like 3e and 4e.&nbsp; We've had 4e fans say it's too much like AD&amp;D and 3e.&nbsp; We've had 3e fans say there's too much 4e and AD&amp;D in it.&nbsp; So obviously 5e has elements from every edition in it, and we as fans of particular editions tend to have blinders on, focusing on the stuff that &quot;proves&quot; our point while ignoring those parts that &quot;disproves&quot; our point.&nbsp; News at 11.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 6370235, member: 15700"] That statement by the writer is the same thing as those people who say, "5e doesn't have anything from my favorite edition X in it.", just on the opposite side of the spectrum. That is, there are only parts of each edition that he or she likes, and it just so happens that those are in 5e so he or she makes the statement that 5e includes the best of that edition, even if 5e doesn't include options from that edition that other people like. Just like if the parts of 4e that someone really likes that might not be in 5e exactly as they want, they say 5e doesn't have anything from 4e in it, despite there being elements of 4e there. The bottom line is this. We've had the OSR crowd say that 5e is too much like 3e and 4e. We've had 4e fans say it's too much like AD&D and 3e. We've had 3e fans say there's too much 4e and AD&D in it. So obviously 5e has elements from every edition in it, and we as fans of particular editions tend to have blinders on, focusing on the stuff that "proves" our point while ignoring those parts that "disproves" our point. News at 11. [/QUOTE]

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