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<blockquote data-quote="rounser" data-source="post: 5395481" data-attributes="member: 1106">I think you're making a classic geek error.We geeks like D&amp;D and fantasy.&nbsp; But also -We geeks like logic, and have a habit of extending logic to it's logical conclusions.Problem:&nbsp; Extending fantasy to it's logical conclusion is like applying logic to romance, humour or music: It doesn't work, and you end up killing the magic that makes the whole thing tick in the first place.&nbsp; It takes us geeks a while to work this out, and generally a few girlfriends get annoyed before the penny drops.&nbsp; Meanwhile you're like Sheldon in Big Bang Theory - a guy who just doesn't get it if it can't be quantified logically.The Eberron and Praemal settings of WOTC (both of which extend D&amp;Disms that are game artifacts to their logical conclusions which to me is just ?#?@!$? whiskey tango foxtrot territory) was a major clue to me that D&amp;D wasn't in Kansas anymore, Toto.Luckily there was a backlash to this approach to the game, and we have the OGL, OSR, Pathfinder and Hackmaster to fall back on.&nbsp; Thank you Peter Adkison, Paizo and Kenzer for saving D&amp;D from being restricted to one set of peoples' vision.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rounser, post: 5395481, member: 1106"] I think you're making a classic geek error. We geeks like D&D and fantasy. But also - We geeks like logic, and have a habit of extending logic to it's logical conclusions. Problem: Extending fantasy to it's logical conclusion is like applying logic to romance, humour or music: [b]It doesn't work, and you end up killing the magic that makes the whole thing tick in the first place.[/b] It takes us geeks a while to work this out, and generally a few girlfriends get annoyed before the penny drops. Meanwhile you're like Sheldon in Big Bang Theory - a guy who just doesn't get it if it can't be quantified logically. The Eberron and Praemal settings of WOTC (both of which extend D&Disms that are game artifacts to their logical conclusions which to me is just ?#?@!$? whiskey tango foxtrot territory) was a major clue to me that D&D wasn't in Kansas anymore, Toto. Luckily there was a backlash to this approach to the game, and we have the OGL, OSR, Pathfinder and Hackmaster to fall back on. Thank you Peter Adkison, Paizo and Kenzer for saving D&D from being restricted to one set of peoples' vision. [/QUOTE]

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