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<blockquote data-quote="GVDammerung" data-source="post: 3905345" data-attributes="member: 33060">I thought this read better strung together.&nbsp; QFT.&nbsp; D&amp;D has been a generic rules set that could be used to run any old homebrew D&amp;D game.&nbsp; 4e can still be used to run any old homebrew D&amp;D game but there is now to be more that is specific, not generic, that will have to be ignored than in any other prior edition.Take the Hommlett test -A human PC walks into Hommlett - nobody notices (1E, 2E, 3E, 4E)An elf PC walks into Hommlett - nobody much notices (1E, 2E, 3E, 4E)A dwarf PC walks into Hommlett -nobody much notices (1E, 2E, 3E, 4E)A halfling PC walks into Hommlett - nobody much notices (1E, 2E, 3E, 4E)A gnome PC walks into Hommlett - nobody much notices (1E, 2E, 3E)A half-elf PC walks into Hommlett - nobody much notices (1E, 2E, 3E)A half-orc PC walks into Hommlett - people notice (1E, 2E, 3E)An eladrin PC walks into Hommlett - people notice (4e)A tiefling PC walks into Hommlett - people panic (4e)A dragonborn PC walks into Hommlett - people panic (4e)Hommlett doesn't lie.&nbsp; 4e is a large move away from any prior edition in terms of race -1) 4e removes traditional D&amp;D races that are pretty much generic and accepted in D&amp;D; and2) 4e adds non-traditional races that are not generic and are not likely to go without notice in D&amp;D.Over its history, D&amp;D has developed its &quot;classic&quot; bits in terms of race.&nbsp; 4e is a departure from this &quot;classic.&quot;&nbsp; A new classic?&nbsp; Where have I heard that before?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GVDammerung, post: 3905345, member: 33060"] I thought this read better strung together. QFT. D&D has been a generic rules set that could be used to run any old homebrew D&D game. 4e can still be used to run any old homebrew D&D game but there is now to be more that is specific, not generic, that will have to be ignored than in any other prior edition. Take the Hommlett test - A human PC walks into Hommlett - nobody notices (1E, 2E, 3E, 4E) An elf PC walks into Hommlett - nobody much notices (1E, 2E, 3E, 4E) A dwarf PC walks into Hommlett -nobody much notices (1E, 2E, 3E, 4E) A halfling PC walks into Hommlett - nobody much notices (1E, 2E, 3E, 4E) A gnome PC walks into Hommlett - nobody much notices (1E, 2E, 3E) A half-elf PC walks into Hommlett - nobody much notices (1E, 2E, 3E) A half-orc PC walks into Hommlett - people notice (1E, 2E, 3E) An eladrin PC walks into Hommlett - people notice (4e) A tiefling PC walks into Hommlett - people panic (4e) A dragonborn PC walks into Hommlett - people panic (4e) Hommlett doesn't lie. 4e is a large move away from any prior edition in terms of race - 1) 4e removes traditional D&D races that are pretty much generic and accepted in D&D; and 2) 4e adds non-traditional races that are not generic and are not likely to go without notice in D&D. Over its history, D&D has developed its "classic" bits in terms of race. 4e is a departure from this "classic." A new classic? Where have I heard that before? [/QUOTE]

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