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Message: <blockquote data-quote="justanobody" data-source="post: 4528306" data-attributes="member: 70778">I know I saw it in this post, but where it went I have no idea.....The idea it shouldn't be a staple part for many, but being in a supplement like PHBIV that was mentioned in that post isn't a problem, so long as it is not a core part of the game.There should be allowance for many things, so long as they fit the genre, but really anime is not just something that could be added to D&D and needs it's own game.Record of Lodoss Wars, and Slayers are not all that anime is, and when you mention adding anime to D&D you get ALL anime in that such as DBZ, Mecha's, Mahou Shoujo, etc that just doesn't fit with everything else in D&D.There should be an anime RPG, but even d20 didn't work well for it, as the Trigun books showed.It doesn't really have to do with peanut butter cups and mixing chocolate and peanut butter, but more to what makes sense.So some would prefer to have a game clean and free of those silly things such as kamehamahe blasts, catgirls, furries, mechas, etc.I mean what point is a crossbow or bow with all the power structure of 4th when you have someone that can fire a GumGum blast from 300 yards away just to punch you and your weapons can't even hurt a rubber man because of some cursed fruit?So not all things will translate directyl to D&D, but they don't have to at its core. They can have their own games, or have a nich set of books to expound them into the game just fine, like non-anime but oriental things, or even psionics.Not everyone will like them, but a place CAN be made for them without upsetting people that feel they violate the original genre.You also have to allow for those people liking to anime or other aspects to understand that not everyone wants them, so as to why it should be extremely optional as many groups may not allow them.I don't think the current game can support them, or any RPG that does not set out intent on adding them all from the beginning will ever really be able to support them, but your wishes are valid to you as to what you want in it.D&D will never be the all inclusive genre game, that was what GURPS was made for. Sadly when D&D tries to add that it will lose everything and fall because the system just wasn't made for it as the Trigun, Bleach, Naruto, etc d20 books showed in lack of players. Those games also weren't D&D, and didn't work so well in the d20 framework. The physics for the anime universes are really too diverse. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

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