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<blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 7187691" data-attributes="member: 6785785">If no one has said it makes a good world building system, then I don't see how anyone would be at odds with what [MENTION=22779]Hussar[/MENTION] said. He said it does not make a good world building system. He made the point that the system was designed to build dungeons for PCs to explore and everything else was added to that after the fact. I don't think that assessment is wrong. Is D&amp;D incapable of being used to build worlds? No. Is anyone saying that doing so is &quot;badwrongfun&quot;? No. I think the point is that if that's what you want from a system, then D&amp;D yields results that would not be as good as other systems. He cited Traveller as a prime example (I'm not familiar with it myself, so I can't really comment on that). So I think his point was pretty straightforward, and not quite as contentious as some of the replies would indicate. I don't think we can divorce world-building from D&amp;D. I think it's an essential part of the game. I just think it's something that is done not because of the system, but alongside the system.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hawkeyefan, post: 7187691, member: 6785785"] If no one has said it makes a good world building system, then I don't see how anyone would be at odds with what [MENTION=22779]Hussar[/MENTION] said. He said it does not make a good world building system. He made the point that the system was designed to build dungeons for PCs to explore and everything else was added to that after the fact. I don't think that assessment is wrong. Is D&D incapable of being used to build worlds? No. Is anyone saying that doing so is "badwrongfun"? No. I think the point is that if that's what you want from a system, then D&D yields results that would not be as good as other systems. He cited Traveller as a prime example (I'm not familiar with it myself, so I can't really comment on that). So I think his point was pretty straightforward, and not quite as contentious as some of the replies would indicate. I don't think we can divorce world-building from D&D. I think it's an essential part of the game. I just think it's something that is done not because of the system, but alongside the system. [/QUOTE]

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