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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9107649" data-attributes="member: 18">They absolutely don't lol, that's just a matter of taste. And it's not the current taste.Who said it was progress? It's merely change.But your preferences also do not represent &quot;progress&quot;, merely previous change and taste. That doesn't make them invalid! And I'm truthful I'd say mine line in-between yours and the more modern - I do appreciate a good explanation, I just don't require it and I'm willing to accept implied ones.All I'm attempting to do is clear up what D&amp;D is doing here - their lack of explanation and so on is not a mistake that needs to be fixed, it's just a fairly common general aesthetic approach to fantasy. Not all of those are gonna thrill everyone - I mean, the current pinky-purple, everyone dresses like a combo of the 1700s and Star Trek, everyone is pretty, no-one is dirty or bloody or a mess, weapons and armour look more like a video game than a history book (ironically this unfashionable in videogames now - Path of Exile 2 for example is going for an incredibly fantasy-historic look, which is very compelling) visual design aesthetic of D&amp;D (and a certain subset of modern fantasy, including Critical Role) is not one I favour, personally. Not did I enjoy 3E's &quot;dungeonpunk&quot; very much. But such things must be borne, and will pass.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 9107649, member: 18"] They absolutely don't lol, that's just a matter of taste. And it's not the current taste. Who said it was progress? It's merely change. But your preferences also do not represent "progress", merely previous change and taste. That doesn't make them invalid! And I'm truthful I'd say mine line in-between yours and the more modern - I do appreciate a good explanation, I just don't require it and I'm willing to accept implied ones. All I'm attempting to do is clear up what D&D is doing here - their lack of explanation and so on is not a mistake that needs to be fixed, it's just a fairly common general aesthetic approach to fantasy. Not all of those are gonna thrill everyone - I mean, the current pinky-purple, everyone dresses like a combo of the 1700s and Star Trek, everyone is pretty, no-one is dirty or bloody or a mess, weapons and armour look more like a video game than a history book (ironically this unfashionable in videogames now - Path of Exile 2 for example is going for an incredibly fantasy-historic look, which is very compelling) visual design aesthetic of D&D (and a certain subset of modern fantasy, including Critical Role) is not one I favour, personally. Not did I enjoy 3E's "dungeonpunk" very much. But such things must be borne, and will pass. [/QUOTE]

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