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<blockquote data-quote="Aus_Snow" data-source="post: 4837632" data-attributes="member: 29112">Indeed. Including the two biggest names in the industry, for example. And that hasn't changed there, either. Not that that is (always) an 'end of the world' type of problem in the first place. But it is annoying, and somewhat disappointing, at best.Um, that was the idea. They're not meant to be compatible. The reason (or one of the reasons, at least) that the d20 system was chosen as a base to work from, is familiarity, not compatibility. Although, in the case of, f'rex, Arcana Evolved, it is basically compatible, but then again a replacement, so you might not want to mix and match anyway. But yes, you can, with that one (and a few others).True20 though, is very much its own system. Likewise, Conan (even if it is rather less radically different [from 3e], really). They are *not* '&quot;D&amp;D-wannabe&quot; sub-games'. Not all RPGs want to be D&amp;D, claim to be, try to be, or pretend to be. No, not even quite a few of the OGL games out there.Aside from that, yes, the d20 glut was pretty bad for a while. But then again, the OGL flipside was (and still is) tons of excellent stuff to choose from, and use (selectively, duh) for any given campaign.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aus_Snow, post: 4837632, member: 29112"] Indeed. Including the two biggest names in the industry, for example. And that hasn't changed there, either. Not that that is (always) an 'end of the world' type of problem in the first place. But it [I]is[/I] annoying, and somewhat disappointing, at best. Um, [I]that was the idea[/I]. They're not meant to be compatible. The reason (or one of the reasons, at least) that the d20 system was chosen as a base to work from, is [U]familiarity[/U], [I]not[/I] compatibility. Although, in the case of, f'rex, Arcana Evolved, it [I]is[/I] basically compatible, but then again a replacement, so you might not [I]want[/I] to mix and match anyway. But yes, you can, with that one (and a few others). True20 though, is very much its own system. Likewise, Conan (even if it is rather less radically different [from 3e], really). They are *not* '"D&D-wannabe" sub-games'. Not all RPGs want to be D&D, claim to be, try to be, or pretend to be. No, not even quite a few of the OGL games out there. Aside from that, yes, the d20 glut was pretty bad for a while. But then again, the OGL flipside was (and still is) tons of excellent stuff to choose from, and use (selectively, duh) for any given campaign. [/QUOTE]

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