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<blockquote data-quote="payn" data-source="post: 8925865" data-attributes="member: 90374">This. I think a lot of folks went IP hunting and got disappointed. They want to reenact Star Wars, but Luke is not a level 1 character (despite sounding like one most of the time). Also, Luke could die to a random Ewok attack which feels wrong. D&amp;D was a fantasy emulator, it took a lot, but didn't cleave too close to any established stories. Earlier it was also more like a board game, than a story game. Post Hickman changed that up a bit, but you still had random elements that are hard to imagine exactly as your favorite film and/or stories. Also, a lot of folks (myself included) are not as good adventure writers as they think they are.&nbsp; I think the narrative driven gamers that want to emulate their favorite IPs are doing so with new game styles and systems. That type of play is still in its infancy, but its growing all the time. If D&amp;D is going digital, and thus staying close to 5E over time, I think thats going to do wonders for the industry. Finally, D&amp;D can just be D&amp;D, instead of having to be a little bit of everything. RPGs are growing up and learning how to be more what folks want them to be.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="payn, post: 8925865, member: 90374"] This. I think a lot of folks went IP hunting and got disappointed. They want to reenact Star Wars, but Luke is not a level 1 character (despite sounding like one most of the time). Also, Luke could die to a random Ewok attack which feels wrong. D&D was a fantasy emulator, it took a lot, but didn't cleave too close to any established stories. Earlier it was also more like a board game, than a story game. Post Hickman changed that up a bit, but you still had random elements that are hard to imagine exactly as your favorite film and/or stories. Also, a lot of folks (myself included) are not as good adventure writers as they think they are. I think the narrative driven gamers that want to emulate their favorite IPs are doing so with new game styles and systems. That type of play is still in its infancy, but its growing all the time. If D&D is going digital, and thus staying close to 5E over time, I think thats going to do wonders for the industry. Finally, D&D can just be D&D, instead of having to be a little bit of everything. RPGs are growing up and learning how to be more what folks want them to be. [/QUOTE]

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