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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8533453" data-attributes="member: 18">Yeah that is true and I think fans, very much including older fans, are a big part of the problem here but so is WotC. Fans often object to D&amp;D doing anything &quot;off-beat&quot; (I'm sure I've been guilty of it even), or taking influence from sources which aren't TRADITION and a very sort of narrow range of high fantasy, and/or crudely attempting to incorporate other fantasy without making any actual accomodations for it. WotC themselves, I think partly because they didn't originate D&amp;D, have a similarly conservative attitude, with a grand total of what, one whole actual new D&amp;D setting over the last 22-odd years? The rest all being very safe cross-marketing (mostly from MtG) or updates of older settings. They've suggested two entirely new non-MtG settings are on the way, but I'll believe it when I see it.I think 4E didn't help because it sort of tried to change D&amp;D too much too fast, but D&amp;D does need to reach out to the greater world of fantasy a bit more I think.That said, in the short term at least, I think the &quot;D&amp;D is huge&quot; thing is going to work well for WotC, for a few years.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 8533453, member: 18"] Yeah that is true and I think fans, very much including older fans, are a big part of the problem here but so is WotC. Fans often object to D&D doing anything "off-beat" (I'm sure I've been guilty of it even), or taking influence from sources which aren't TRADITION and a very sort of narrow range of high fantasy, and/or crudely attempting to incorporate other fantasy without making any actual accomodations for it. WotC themselves, I think partly because they didn't originate D&D, have a similarly conservative attitude, with a grand total of what, one whole actual new D&D setting over the last 22-odd years? The rest all being very safe cross-marketing (mostly from MtG) or updates of older settings. They've suggested two entirely new non-MtG settings are on the way, but I'll believe it when I see it. I think 4E didn't help because it sort of tried to change D&D too much too fast, but D&D does need to reach out to the greater world of fantasy a bit more I think. That said, in the short term at least, I think the "D&D is huge" thing is going to work well for WotC, for a few years. [/QUOTE]

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